The Ascent

1h 36m
WarAdventure
5.5

The real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp because he dreams of climbing 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and planting the Italian flag at the summit. The obsessive British camp commander pursues him, and the two men are locked in a battle of wills, fuelled by honor and their love for the same woman.

Cast

Vincent Spano
Franco Distassi
Ben Cross
Major Farrell
Tony Lo Bianco
Aldo
Rachel Ward
Patricia
Mark Ingall
Sergeant Thomas
John De Veillers
Major Quinn
Joe Valadez
Guido
Jon Freeman
Paulo
Rico Vanden Hurck
Kirst
Kenneth Mason
Stewart
Nigel Kynaston
Carlo

Crew

Donald Shebib
Director
David Wiltse
Screenplay
Felice Benuzzi
Novel
Ron Wisman
Editor
David Connell
Director of Photography
Robert Halmi Jr.
Executive Producer
Robert C. Bantle
Executive Producer
Thomas Molito
Executive Producer
Njeri Karago
Producer
Tim Harbert
Associate Producer
Michael Baugh
Production Design
Lynn Kressel
Casting
Irwin Fisch
Original Music Composer
Larry Hochman
Orchestrator

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