High Wall
Curtis Bernhardt | United States of America
December 17, 1947 | 99m
So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
Crime
Thriller
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.
Credits
Robert Taylor | Steven Kenet |
Audrey Totter | Dr. Ann Lorrison |
Herbert Marshall | Willard I. Whitcombe |
Dorothy Patrick | Helen Kenet |
H.B. Warner | Mr. Slocum |
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Keywords
asylumfilm noirstrangulationpost world war iidoctor patient relationshipframed for murderbrain injurymurder confessionmurdered wifeinnocent man imprisonedwar veteran with amnesia