High Wall(1947)
So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
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.
Movie: High Wall
Top 10 Billed Cast
Steven Kenet
Dr. Ann Lorrison
Willard I. Whitcombe
Helen Kenet
Mr. Slocum
r. George Poward
Dr. Philip Dunlap
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Dr. Stanley Griffin
Mrs. Kenet
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