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High Wall (1947)
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
“So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!”
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 39m
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.
Cast
Robert Taylor
Steven Kenet
Audrey Totter
Dr. Ann Lorrison
Herbert Marshall
Willard I. Whitcombe
Dorothy Patrick
Helen Kenet
H.B. Warner
Mr. Slocum
Warner Anderson
r. George Poward
Moroni Olsen
Dr. Philip Dunlap
John Ridgely
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Morris Ankrum
Dr. Stanley Griffin
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Kenet
Vince Barnett
Henry Cronner
Jonathan Hale
Emory Garrison
Crew
- Director
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Screenplay
- Sydney Boehm, Lester Cole
- Director of Photography
- Paul Vogel
- Original Music Composer
- Bronislau Kaper
- Editor
- Conrad A. Nervig
Details
- Release date
- 1947-12-17
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer