| Third Man on the Mountain | |
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| Directed by | Ken Annakin |
| Produced by | Bill Anderson Walt Disney (uncredited) |
| Written by | James Ramsey Ullman (book) Eleanore Griffin |
| Starring | Michael Rennie James MacArthur |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Release date(s) | November 10, 1959 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Third Man on the Mountain is a 1959 American Walt Disney movie set during the golden age of alpinism about a young Swiss man who conquers the mountain that killed his father. It is based on the novel Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman, and was televised under this name. The movie inspired the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland Park.
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Production
The film was made on location in Switzerland with Gaston Rebuffat as the head of the mountain second unit photography.[1]The film was shot in the northern summer of 1958 in Zermatt, that Disney had known from his ski trips. The studio portions of the film were done in London.[2]
Cast
- Michael Rennie as Captain John Winter
- James MacArthur as Rudi Matt
- Janet Munro as Lizbeth Hempel
- James Donald as Franz Lerner
- Herbert Lom as Emil Saxo
- Laurence Naismith as Teo Zurbriggen
- Lee Patterson as Klaus Wesselhoft
- Walter Fitzgerald as Herr Hempel
- Nora Swinburne as Frau Matt
- Ferdy Mayne as Andreas
- Helen Hayes as a tourist (uncredited)
Quotes
A man must do what he feels he must do; or he isn't a man
Notes
- ^ http://www.ultimatedisney.com/thirdman.html
- ^ p.267 Barrier, Michael The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney 2008 University of California Press
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