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High Wall

So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
Dec 17, 1947 · 1h 39m
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Crime
Drama
Thriller

PLOT

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.

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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)
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US

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