The Cruel Tower(1956)
Savage story of the raw, reckless guys who live on the towering edge of danger...and the man-wrecking dames who push them into a pit of violence and passion!
The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.
Movie: The Cruel Tower
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tom Kittredge
Mary 'The Babe' Thompson
Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Casey
'Joss' Jossman
Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)
Kitt
Waitress
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