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High Wall (1947)

So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!

99 minCrimeDramaThriller
TMDb6.4/1029 votes

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.

Country: United States

Director: Curtis Bernhardt

Cast

Robert Taylor as Steven Kenet

Robert Taylor

Steven Kenet

Audrey Totter as Dr. Ann Lorrison

Audrey Totter

Dr. Ann Lorrison

Herbert Marshall as Willard I. Whitcombe

Herbert Marshall

Willard I. Whitcombe

Dorothy Patrick as Helen Kenet

Dorothy Patrick

Helen Kenet

H.B. Warner as Mr. Slocum

H.B. Warner

Mr. Slocum

Warner Anderson as r. George Poward

Warner Anderson

r. George Poward

Moroni Olsen as Dr. Philip Dunlap

Moroni Olsen

Dr. Philip Dunlap

John Ridgely as Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)

John Ridgely

Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)

Morris Ankrum as Dr. Stanley Griffin

Morris Ankrum

Dr. Stanley Griffin

Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Kenet

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Kenet

Vince Barnett as Henry Cronner

Vince Barnett

Henry Cronner

Jonathan Hale as Emory Garrison

Jonathan Hale

Emory Garrison

Charles Arnt as Sidney X. Hackle

Charles Arnt

Sidney X. Hackle

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Ray Mayer

Tom Delaney

Keywords

Style:film noir
Plot:strangulationdoctor patient relationshipframed for murderbrain injurymurder confessionmurdered wifeinnocent man imprisonedwar veteran with amnesia
Time:post world war ii
Place:asylum

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