History Film / ThirdManOnTheMountain

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Emil Saxo is a bit of a {{jerkass}}, being from a neighboring village. Also after [[spoiler: Winter gets sick, Saxo abandons the group to try and be first to top the mountain himself, then gets himself injured and Rudi has to help him get back down. Rudi's refusal to abandon him mellows Saxo out ''greatly''.]]

* JerkAss: Emil Saxo (Herbert Lom) is a bit of one, being from a neighboring village. Also after [[spoiler: Winter gets sick, Saxo abandons the group to try and be first to top the mountain himself, then gets himself injured and Rudi has to help him get back down. Rudi's refusal to abandon him mellows Saxo out GREATLY and he becomes a...]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Saxo, after he injures himself after abandoning the group and is rescued and cared for by Rudi.]]

The film also stars Michael Rennie as John Walker, James Donald as Franz Lerner, Creator/HerbertLom as Emil Saxo and Laurence Naismith as Teo Zurbriggen.

''Third Man on the Mountain'' is a 1959 film from Creator/WaltDisneyPictures, based on James Ramsey Ullman's 1955 novel ''Banner in the Sky''. It is directed by Ken Annakin, with the screenplay by Eleanore Griffin.

''Third Man on the Mountain'' is a 1959 film from Creator/WaltDisneyPictures about a Swiss teenager named Rudi Matt (Creator/JamesMacArthur), who has a dream to climb a mountain, "The Citadel", that has never been climbed before. Unfortunately, at the moment, he is a kitchen worker at a local inn. Rudi has a special reason: his father had died attempting to climb the mountain. He proves himself with the support of his girlfriend, Lisbeth Hempel (Janet Munro). He also comes to learn that there are things more important than mere glory.

The film was [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely inspired]] by the true story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, which stands in for its fictional counterpart 'the Citadel" onscreen. During the filming, Creator/WaltDisney was so impressed by the Matterhorn's beauty that it led to the creation of the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at Ride/{{Disneyland}}.

!!Tropes include:

* TheChick: Lisbeth .
** She also shows a [[HiddenDepths latent]] streak of The {{Tomboy}} as well. She is a good climber and in one scene she helps to train Rudi.
* ComingOfAge
* FastRoping
* GirlishPigtails: Lisbeth has these.

* MyGirlBackHome: Lisbeth.

* SnowMeansDeath: Well, obviously.

* UndyingLoyalty : Lisbeth to Rudi.
** Rudi's uncle to Rudi's mother as well.

* YodelLand

* AnAxeToGrind: Everyone has an ice axe. Naturally enough.

''Third Man On The Mountain'' is a 1959 Creator/WaltDisney film about a Swiss teenager, Rudi Matt, who has a dream to climb a mountain, "The Citadel", that has never been climbed before. Unfortunately, at the moment, he is a kitchen worker at a local inn. Rudi has a special reason: His father had died attempting to climb the mountain. He proves himself with the support of his girlfriend, Lisbeth Hempel. He also learns to realize that there are things more important than mere glory.

The film was [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely inspired]] by the true story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, which stands in for its fictional counterpart 'the Citadel" onscreen. During the filming, Walt Disney was so impressed by the Matterhorn's beauty that it led to the creation of the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at Ride/{{Disneyland}}.

** Rudi's uncle to Rudi's mother as well, though the uncle is to gruff a fellow to have a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming about it.

''Third Man On The Mountain'' is a 1959 WaltDisney film about a Swiss teenager, Rudi Matt, who has a dream to climb a mountain, "The Citadel", that has never been climbed before. Unfortunately, at the moment, he is a kitchen worker at a local inn. Rudi has a special reason: His father had died attempting to climb the mountain. He proves himself with the support of his girlfriend, Lisbeth Hempel. He also learns to realize that there are things more important than mere glory.

* QuirkyTown: Not particularly quirky, but a nice and decent place to live-that has some [[{{Badass}} Badassery]] to brag about, to add to things.

This is a 1959 WaltDisney film about a Swiss teenager, Rudi Matt, who has a dream to climb a mountain, "The Citadel", that has never been climbed before. Unfortunately, at the moment, he is a kitchen worker at a local inn. Rudi has a special reason: His father had died attempting to climb the mountain. He proves himself with the support of his girlfriend, Lisbeth Hempel. He also learns to realize that there are things more important than mere glory.

* {{Arcadia}}: Justified when you think about it. All the rich UpperClassTwit s that come in to climb and leave their money behind allows the town to be as arcadia-like as it wishes

* BigBrotherInstinct : Rudi's uncle take's care of his widowed sister who is Rudi's mother. One reason he is hard on Rudi is that he knows that Rudi's ambitions are likely to hurt his sister.
* TheChick: Lisbeth

* InTheBlood :Invoked. Lisbeth actually says Mountain climbing is in Rudi's blood because of his father.

* MyGirlBackHome: Lisbeth

This is a WaltDisney film about a Swiss teenager, Rudi Matt, who has a dream to climb a mountain, "The Citadel", that has never been climbed before. Unfortunately, at the moment, he is a kitchen worker at a local inn. Rudi has a special reason: His father had died attempting to climb the mountain. He proves himself with the support of his girlfriend, Lisbeth Hempel. He also learns to realize that there are things more important than mere glory.

* [[HonorBeforeReason Honor before glory]] :The Innkeeper reminds Rudi that a guide's first job is to protect his client.

* [[PlanetOfHats Village of Hats]]: The local village's hat is mountain climbing. Justified as assisting rich tourists is the main industry.