Jennifer Hilary

Academy Award-winner Sean Connery ("Rising Sun," "The Hunt for Red October") stars in Fred Zinnemann's ("Julia," "High Noon") haunting tale of incestuous love set against a magnificent background of the Swiss Alps. Judith Crist writes that "Zinnemann has provided Sean Connery with one of his finest roles, and introduced to us a tantalizing new actress, Betsy Brantley."

In the Swiss Alps in the 1930s, a guide leads a man and a woman the man claims is his wife on a climb. As a love triangle develops among the three climbers, flashbacks reveal the true nature of the relationship between the husband and wife.

In the Swiss Alps in the 1930s, a guide leads a man and a woman the man claims is his wife on a climb. As a love triangle develops among the three climbers, flashbacks reveal the true nature of the relationship between the husband and wife.

An English king comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.