TMDb Rating
6.3/10
28 verified votes
High Wall (1947)
CrimeDramaThriller
99 min
"So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!"
Plot Summary
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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CrimeDramaThrillerCurtis BernhardtRobert TaylorAudrey Totter1947
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Top Cast
Robert TaylorAudrey TotterHerbert MarshallDorothy PatrickH.B. Warner
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