The Deadly Tower

The Deadly Tower
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Genre	Action Drama Thriller
Directed by	Jerry Jameson
Starring	Kurt Russell Richard Yniguez Ned Beatty Pernell Roberts
Music by	Don Ellis
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Richard Caffey
Producer(s)	Antonio Calderón
Location(s)	Austin Texas University of Texas Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana State Capital, State Capitol Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor(s)	Tom Stevens
Running time	100 mins.
Production company(s)	MGM Television
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 18, 1975

The Deadly Tower, also known as Sniper, is a 1975 television film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez.

The film is based on the true story of Charles Joseph Whitman, an engineering student and former Marine who murdered his own wife and mother and then killed 14 more people and wounded 31 others in a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966.