High Wall (1947)
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So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!
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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.
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Personal TransformationMurder InvestigationRedemption ArcEthical DilemmasInstitutionalizationPsychological ManipulationUncovering The TruthForbidden RomanceUnreliable NarratorLove And Duty Conflict




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Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt, Paul Vogel
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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