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High Wall (1947)

High Wall (1947)

Drama Crime Thriller

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

Release Date: 1947, December 17
Directors: Curtis Bernhardt
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Robert Taylor, H.B. Warner, Dorothy Neumann, Milton Kibbee, Moroni Olsen, Ray Teal, Dorothy Patrick, Warner Anderson, Herbert Marshall, John Ridgely, Dick Wessel, John Hamilton

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.

Keywords:

film noir framed for murder post world war ii asylum murder confession strangulation murdered wife doctor patient relationship brain injury innocent man imprisoned war veteran with amnesia