High Wall
So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
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- Drama
- 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.
Keywords
- framed for murder
- asylum
- film noir
- murder confession
- doctor patient relationship
- post world war ii
- strangulation
- brain injury
- murdered wife
- innocent man imprisoned
- war veteran with amnesia
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 17, 1947
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- Ray Mayer,Herbert Marshall,Frank Darien,Frank Marlowe,Morris Ankrum,Wilbur Mack,Mary Servoss,Charles Arnt,Eddie Dunn,Dorothy Vaughanand 66 more
- Director
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Cinematography
- Paul Vogel
- Music
- Bronislau Kaper
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0039464