Third Man on the Mountain

Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.

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  Michael Rennie

  Captain John Winter
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  James MacArthur

  Rudi Matt
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  Janet Munro

  Lizbeth Hempel
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  James Donald

  Franz Lerner
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  Herbert Lom

  Emil Saxo
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  Laurence Naismith

  Teo Zurbriggen
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  Lee Patterson

  Klaus Wesselhoft
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  Helen Hayes

  Hotel guest (uncredited)
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  Walter Fitzgerald

  Herr Hempel
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  Nora Swinburne

  Frau Matt