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High Wall( 1947)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Robert Taylor

      Steven Kenet

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      Audrey Totter

      Dr. Ann Lorrison

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      Herbert Marshall

      Willard I. Whitcombe

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      Dorothy Patrick

      Helen Kenet

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      H.B. Warner

      Mr. Slocum

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      Warner Anderson

      r. George Poward

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      Moroni Olsen

      Dr. Philip Dunlap

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      John Ridgely

      Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)

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      Morris Ankrum

      Dr. Stanley Griffin

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      Elisabeth Risdon

      Mrs. Kenet

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      Vince Barnett

      Henry Cronner

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      Jonathan Hale

      Emory Garrison

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      Charles Arnt

      Sidney X. Hackle

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      Ray Mayer

      Tom Delaney

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      Robert Hyatt

      Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt)

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      Russell Arms

      Patient Awaiting Discharge Hearing (uncredited)

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      John Beck

      Patient (uncredited)

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      Eula Guy

      Miss Vera Mercer (uncredited)

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      John Hamilton

      Police Surgeon (uncredited)

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      Selmer Jackson

      Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

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      Frank Jenks

      Pinky (uncredited)

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      Milton Kibbee

      Counterman (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Neumann

      Mrs. Miller (uncredited)

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      Ray Teal

      Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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      Dick Wessel

      Jim Hale (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Sat Jan 11 2014
    Murders and Medicinal Mania. High Wall is directed by Curtis Bernhardt and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm and Lester Cole from the play by Alan R. Clark and Bradbury Foote. It stars Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick and H.B. Warner. Music is by Bronislau Kaper and cinematography by Paul Vogel. Suffering from a brain injury sustained during the war, Steven Kenet (Taylor) is further rocked by the realisation that he may have strangled his wife during one of his blackout episodes. Committed to a county asylum, Steven responds to treatment by Dr. Ann Lorr...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • asylum
    • film noir
    • strangulation
    • post world war ii
    • doctor patient relationship
    • framed for murder
    • brain injury
    • murder confession
    • murdered wife
    • innocent man imprisoned
    • war veteran with amnesia