The Challenge (1938)
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The British adventure film The Challenge is based on a real-life turn-of-the-century competition. The race is on between a team of British mountain climbers and a government-sponsored Italian team to conquer a hazardous alpine peak. Edward Whimper (Robert Douglas) heads the English expedition, while… More The British adventure film The Challenge is based on a real-life turn-of-the-century competition. The race is on between a team of British mountain climbers and a government-sponsored Italian team to conquer a hazardous alpine peak. Edward Whimper (Robert Douglas) heads the English expedition, while Jean-Antoine Carrel (Luis Trenker) is in charge of the Italians. Actual footage of the Alps is seamlessly blended with studio mockups. Emeric Pressburger, on the verge of his felicitous teaming with Michael Powell, wrote the original story for The Challenge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Milton Rosmer, Luis Trenker
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 1938 Wide
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
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Cast
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Robert Douglas
as Edward Whymper
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Luis Trenker
as Jean-Antoine Carrel
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Mary Clare
as Carrel's mother
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Fred Groves
as Favre
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Frank Birch
as Rev. Charles Hudson
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Geoffrey Wardwell
as Lord Francis Douglas
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Cyril Smith
as Customs officer
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Howard Douglas
as Ropemaker
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Max Holzboer
as Peter Taugwalder Sr.
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Bernard Miles
as Villager (uncredited)
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Ralph Truman
as Giordano
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Lyonel Watts
as Morris publisher
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D.J. Williams
as Villager (uncredited)
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Joan Gardner
as Felicitas Favre's Daughter
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Lloyd Pearson
as Seiler
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Tony Sympson
as Luc Meynet
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Lawrence Baskcomb
as The Podesta
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Tarva Penna
as Peasant
