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‘The Deadly Tower’ (1975): Questionable—but suspenseful—re-telling of real-life Texas killings
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‘The Deadly Tower’ (1975): Questionable—but suspenseful—re-telling of real-life Texas killings

January 12, 2022 Drunk TV 3 Comments

In a post-holiday mood for something light, I happened upon an older Warner Bros. Archive Collection disc of The Deadly Tower, NBC’s 1975 made-for-TV movie with Disney alumnus Kurt Russell starring as infamous University of Texas sniper, Charles Whitman.

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