High Wall
So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
1947 · 1h 39m · APPROVED
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt
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.
Director and cast
- Curtis Bernhardt Director
- Robert Taylor as Steven Kenet
- Audrey Totter as Dr. Ann Lorrison
- Herbert Marshall as Willard I. Whitcombe
- Dorothy Patrick as Helen Kenet
- H.B. Warner as Mr. Slocum
- Warner Anderson as r. George Poward
- Moroni Olsen as Dr. Philip Dunlap
- John Ridgely as Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
- Morris Ankrum as Dr. Stanley Griffin
- Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Kenet
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