Third Man on the Mountain

About 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.

Third Man on the Mountain is a 1959 adventure drama film directed by Ken Annakin. At 105 minutes long, it arrived in November 1959.

The film is filed under mountain climbing, mountaineering, switzerland, and mountain pioneer. It is adapted from a novel.

Michael Rennie takes the lead as Captain John Winter, James MacArthur as Rudi Matt, Janet Munro as Lizbeth Hempel, and James Donald as Franz Lerner. The screenplay is by Eleanore Griffin. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus.

Cervino 1901, The Eiger Sanction, and North Face make useful companions to Third Man on the Mountain, all filed under cervin and matterhorn. It carries a NR rating.