''Dark Tower'' is a 1987

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directed by

Freddie Francis Frederick William Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer. He started his career with British films such as Jack Cardiff's ''Sons and L ...

and

Ken Wiederhorn Ken Wiederhorn is a former news and documentary editor at CBS and a film director, film and television director, known mainly for the horror films ''Shock Waves (film), Shock Waves'' and ''Return of the Living Dead Part II''. Other features incl ...

and starring

Michael Moriarty Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor and jazz musician. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series ''Holocaust'' ...

Jenny Agutter Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in ''East of Sudan'', '' Star!'', and two adaptations of ''The Railway Children''—the BBC's 1968 television serial ...

Theodore Bikel Theodore Meir Bikel ( ; May 2, 1924 – July 21, 2015) was an Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist. He appeared in films, including '' The African Queen'' (1951), ''Moulin Rouge'' (1952), ' ...

Carol Lynley Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones; February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019) was an American actress known for her roles in the films ''Blue Denim'' (1959) and '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972). Lynley was born in Manhattan to an Irish ...

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and Anne Lockhart. It was set and filmed in the Spanish city of

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from a story by

Robert J. Avrech Robert J. Avrech is an American screenwriter whose works include the 1984 film ''Body Double'' (with Brian De Palma) and ''A Stranger Among Us'' (1992). He won an Emmy Award for his screenplay ''The Devil's Arithmetic'', based on the young adult ...

Plot

After a window washer plunges to his death from a

high rise, several people come to investigate, including security consultant Dennis Randall (Michael Moriarty). He cannot locate a problem, but decides to investigate further when more gruesome deaths take place inside and around the office building. His investigations appear to show a sinister force behind all the deaths, a supernatural entity, that hates humans.

Cast

as Dennis Randall * Doug Jones as Dennis Randall - Corpse *

as Carolyn Page *

as Tilly *

as Max Gold *

as Sergie * Anne Lockhart as Elaine * Patch Mackenzie as Maria * Robert Sherman as Williams * Rick Azulay as Charlie * Radmiro Oliveros as Joseph * Jordi Batalla as Mueller * Juame Ross as Beck * Monica Fatjo as Rebecca * Juan Ramon Romani as Philip Page * Mara Bador as Rebecca's Mother

Reception

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'' awarded the film one out of five stars, calling it a "dull, talky, and incoherent haunted-skyscraper suspense thriller."

References

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