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Ski Lift to Death

Ski Lift to Death

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Ski Lift to Death

"Suspended in Terror"

1978

1h 40m

7.5(2 votes)

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TV Movie

Drama

Overview

A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a gangster and the hitman sent to kill him.

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Paramount Television

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Deborah Raffin

Deborah Raffin

Lee Larson

Charles Frank

Charles Frank

Dick Elston

Don Galloway

Don Galloway

Ron Corley

Gail Strickland

Gail Strickland

Vicki Gordon

Don Johnson

Don Johnson

Mike Sloan

Veronica Hamel

Veronica Hamel

Andrea Mason

Howard Duff

Howard Duff

Ben Forbes

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Marv Gilman

Lisa Reeves

Lisa Reeves

Wendy

Pierre Jalbert

Clevenger

Creative team

Directed by: William Wiard
Written by: Laurence Heath
Produced by: Richard Briggs
Bruce J. Sallan

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