''The White Tower'' is a 1945 novel by

James Ramsey Ullman James Ramsey Ullman (August 21, 1907 – June 20, 1971) was an American writer and mountaineer. He was born in New York City. He was not a "high end" climber, but his writing made him an honorary member of that circle. Most of his books were ...

. It was the fourth best-selling novel in the US in 1945 and was reprinted as an Armed Services Edition. It was filmed in 1950 under the direction of

Ted Tetzlaff Dale H. "Ted" Tetzlaff (3 June 1903, Los Angeles, California – 7 January 1995, Sausalito, California) was an Academy Award-nominated Hollywood cinematographer active in the 1930s and 1940s. Career Tetzlaff was particularly favored by t ...

and starred Glenn Ford, Alida Valli,

Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as '' ...

, Lloyd Bridges, Cedric Hardwicke, and Oskar Homolka.

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1945 American novels American novels adapted into films J. B. Lippincott & Co. books {{1940s-novel-stub

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