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High Wall(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-12-17
64%
29 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: High Wall
Top 10 Billed 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)
Morris Ankrum
Dr. Stanley Griffin
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Kenet
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