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title: 'Third Man on the Mountain (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Annakin'
released: '1959-11-10'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/third-man-on-the-mountain-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053352/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Third Man on the Mountain (1959)

1959 · 105 min · Adventure, Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Annakin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-annakin)
- **Screenplay:** [Eleanore Griffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanore-griffin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Alwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-alwyn), [Franklyn Marks](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-marks), [Tom Adair](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-adair)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney), [Bill Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-anderson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-waxman), [Georges II Tairraz](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-ii-tairraz)
- **Editor:** [Peter Boita](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boita)

## Cast

- [Herbert Lom](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lom)
- [James Ramsey Ullman](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ramsey-ullman)
- [Nora Swinburne](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-swinburne)
- [James MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-macarthur)
- [Janet Munro](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-munro)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)
- [Walter Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-fitzgerald)
- [Lee Patterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-patterson)
- [Helen Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-hayes)
- [James Donald](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-donald)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)
- [Laurence Naismith](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-naismith)

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Official site: https://movies.disney.com/third-man-on-the-mountain
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/third-man-on-the-mountain-1959
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