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High Wall
“So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!”
6.4 / 10• 1947• 1h 39m•NR• English
CrimeDramaThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Robert Taylor
Steven Kenet
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Curtis Bernhardt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. High Wall is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
