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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A 1930s Scottish doctor goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece he passes off as his wife.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred ZinnemannDirector
- Michael AustinWriter
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean ConneryDouglas Meredith
- Betsy BrantleyKate
- Lambert WilsonJohann Biari
- Isabel DeanKate's Mother
- Jennifer HilarySarah Meredith
- Anna MasseyJennifer Pierce
- Gérard BuhrBrendel
- Sheila ReidGillian Pierce
- Georges ClaisseDieter
- Kathy MarothyDieter's Wife
- Terry KingleyGeorg
- Emilie LihouOld Woman
Stills
Themes
climbingalps mountainsswiss alpsmountaineering1930s