The Deadly Tower
- IMDb link: 0072852
- IMDb rating: 6.6 (1,302 votes)
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
- Director: Jerry Jameson
- Cast: Kurt Russell, Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts, Richard Yniguez and others
- Release date: 18 Oct 1975
- Release year: 1975
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: charles whitman, sniper, police, tower, texas, university of texas austin, panic, civilian massacre, heroism, murder spree
Plot:
Charles Whitman is student at the University of Texas in Austin. He often suffers from headaches, during which he tends to violence. One night, he kills wife and mother, buys a number of rifles and loads of ammunition and takes them to the top of the tower of the university, where he barricades himself. With his long-range weapons his starts to shoot at everything that moves. Already until the police arrives, there are numerous people wounded or dead.