Third Man on the Mountain (1959)

Directed by

Ken Annakin

Genre

adventure film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Swiss man named Rudi Matt wants to climb the mountain that his father died on. He overcomes his fears and the challenges of the climb to succeed where his father could not.

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What happens

Third Man on the Mountain is a 1959 American family adventure film by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Ken Annakin and starring Michael Rennie, James MacArthur and Janet Munro. Set during the golden age of alpinism, its plot concerns young Swiss man Rudi Matt, who conquers the mountain that killed his father. It is based on Banner in the Sky, a James Ramsey Ullman 1955 novel about the first ascent of a mountain called the Citadel, and was televised under this name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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