High Wall

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High Wall
High Wall movie poster
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt
Produced by	Robert Lord
Written by	Play and story: Alan R. Clark Bradbury Foote Screenplay: Sydney Boehm Lester Cole
Starring	Robert Taylor Audrey Totter Herbert Marshall
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Paul Vogel
Editing by	Conrad A. Nervig
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	December 17, 1947 (U.S. release)
Running time	99 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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High Wall (1947) is a black-and-white film noir, starring Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter and Herbert Marshall, directed by Curtis Bernhardt from a screenplay by Sydney Boehm and Lester Cole, based on a play by Alan R. Clark and Bradbury Foote, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Reaction 3 Featured cast 4 References

[edit] Plot

A man suffering from a recurring brain injury during the war Steven Kenet (Taylor), appears to have strangled his wife after catching her living in her boss' apartment. He blacks out while his hands are around the woman's neck. He confesses and is committed to a county asylum. At the asylum, Dr. Ann Lorrison (Totter) is initially cynical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment.

Slowly, she begins to doubt his guilt, and endangers her career when she begins to investigate the crime which eventually leads to another suspect. When Kenet's memory is finally jogged he remembers a clue that could prove his innocence, he escapes from the asylum looking for his wife's old boss Whitcombe (Marshall). The doctor and patient meet outside his building and sneak in and question the man.

[edit] Reaction

Writer Spencer Selby calls High Wall "Stylish, representative of late forties noir thrillers." ^[1]

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Robert Taylor	Steven Kenet
Audrey Totter	Dr. Ann Lorrison
Herbert Marshall	Willard I. Whitcombe
Dorothy Patrick	Helen Kenet
H. B. Warner	Mr. Slocum

[edit] References