Based on a story by Kay Boyle, a trip to the Swiss Alps proves to be very revealing for a Scottish doctor (Sean Connery), his young female companion, and the man hired to guide them on the Alpine excursion., The secret affair of aging doctor Douglas and his love Kate becomes more than complicated when a young Swiss mountain guide comes between them., Romantic drama about a hiker who tries to protect his daughter from the advances of a dashing tour guide., A May-September romance is revealed during a climbing expedition in the 1930s Swiss Alps. Sean Connery, Betsy Brantley. Johann: Lambert Wilson. Sarah: Jennifer Hilary. Kate’s Mother: Isabel Dean. Brendel: Gerard Buhr. Jennifer: Anna Massey. Gillian: Sheila Reid. Directed on location by Fred Zinnemann.