High Wall
Warner Bros. (1947)
Crime, Film Noir
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IMDB   6.9
1 hr 39 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
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 Dr. George Poward
Moroni Olsen Dr. Philip Dunlap
John Ridgely Asst. District Attorney David Wallace
Morris Ankrum Dr. Stanley Griffin
Elisabeth Risdon Mrs. Kenet
Vince Barnett Henry Cronner
Jonathan Hale Emory Garrison
Charles Arnt Sidney X. Hackle
Ray Mayer Ray Mayer
Erville Alderson Patient awaiting discharge hearing
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Producer Robert Lord
Writer Sydney Boehm
Lester Cole
Cinematography Paul Vogel


Steven Kenet (Robert Taylor) says he killed his wife, but even he doesn't really know. A wartime head trauma has left him subject to disorientations and blackouts. So Kenet enters a psych ward where, the DA asserts, he'll hide behind the wall of an insanity plea. But truth cannot hide. And Kenet - assisted by a ward doctor (Audrey Totter) - is driven to find that truth. With bravura use of genre trademarks like expressionist shadows and subjective camera, director Curtis Bernhardt (Possessed) builds a High Wall into a film-noir psychological thriller that, little noted its day, is ready for an honored place amid the shadowy shrines of noir. Go behind the wall into the inner sanctum of noir and consciousness. Studio: MGM Screen Aspect: 4 X 3 FULL FRAME Run Time: 99 minutes High Wall © 1947 Turner Entertainment Co. Package Design © 2010 Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment
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