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High Wall (1947)

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After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Steven Kenet
Audrey Totter ...
Dr. Ann Lorrison
Herbert Marshall ...
Willard I. Whitcombe
Dorothy Patrick ...
Helen Kenet
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Mr. Slocum
Warner Anderson ...
Dr. George Poward
Moroni Olsen ...
Dr. Philip Dunlap
John Ridgely ...
David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Morris Ankrum ...
Dr. Stanley Griffin
Elisabeth Risdon ...
Mrs. Kenet
Vince Barnett ...
Henry Cronner
Jonathan Hale ...
Emory Garrison
Charles Arnt ...
Sidney X. Hackle
Ray Mayer ...
Tom Delaney
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Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt)
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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, and endangers her career on a dangerous quest through dark streets awash with rain. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!

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Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

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17 December 1947 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Anklage - Mord  »

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(Western Electric Sound System)

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1.37 : 1
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"Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2"
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Music by Frédéric Chopin
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Not great but well worth a look
6 October 2006 | by (NY, NY) – See all my reviews

This is probably Robert Taylor's first real film noir. He is revered in some circles for work a decade later such as Nicholas Ray's "Party Girl." I think he is excellent in "High Wall." He plays a decorated war vet who is accused of murder. Not just accused of murder but also but into a psychiatric hospital. Yikes. No fun at all. Except that the hypnotherapist assigned to his case is a beautiful woman who kind of likes him.

Cast in the role of the psychiatrist is one of the great staples of film noir, Audrey Totter. She is as always good. Better than good. What's intriguing here is that she is cast not as a femme fatale but as a career woman who is in every sense on the right side of the angels and the law.

Herbert Marshall turns in a superbly creepy performance also. I won't say much about his role other than that this is not really a whodunit. We know the answer to that very early.

It's an unusual, brave movie. It has flaws but is nevertheless very good.


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