Overview - The Climb

Overview

Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who's dying of cancer and wants Danny to help him commit suicide. Langer rigs pulleys and weights to help the lad make the climb. Meanwhile, an aggressive and angry neighbor (an army vet) regularly gets drunk and shoots off his rifle, and Danny's dad must confront him. It all comes to a head one stormy night.

Cast

• Name: John Hurt

  Character: Chuck Langer

  Popularity: 5.1952

  

• Name: Gregory Smith

  Character: Danny Himes

  Popularity: 3.66

  

• Name: David Strathairn

  Character: Earl Himes

  Popularity: 3.4264

  

• Name: Stephen McHattie

  Character: Jack McLaskin

  Popularity: 2.368

  

• Name: Seth Smith

  Character: Andy Sweeney

  Popularity: 0.7721

  

• Name: Sarah Buxton

  Character: Ruth Langer

  Popularity: 1.144

  

• Name: Marla Sokoloff

  Character: Leslie Himes

  Popularity: 1.9716

  

• Name: Matthew Ness

  Character: Wayne Barto

  Popularity: 0.798