The White Tower (1950)

Directed by Ted Tetzlaff
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

A group of six attempt to climb a Swiss mountain that has never been conquered. The expedition is led by a woman, played by "Valli", whose father died on the mountain. The first part of the film is about her attempt to find members for the group, but most of it takes place on the mountain. It is filmed as a mixture of location shots featuring doubles doing the actual climbing and studio sets for dialogue and close-ups of the stars. The group of climbers are of mixed nationalities, which results in a political subtext involving former German soldier Lloyd Bridges. They frequently bicker and there is a budding romance.