High Wall (1947)

6.4/10 99 min Crime Drama Thriller

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.

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

Vince Barnett

Henry Cronner

Jonathan Hale

Emory Garrison

Charles Arnt

Sidney X. Hackle

Robert Hyatt

Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt)

Russell Arms

Patient Awaiting Discharge Hearing (uncredited)

Eula Guy

Miss Vera Mercer (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Police Surgeon (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

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