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High Wall

High Wall

1947 · 99 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (21 votes)
Dir. Curtis Bernhardt · Starring Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick, H.B. Warner, Warner Anderson · Music Bronislau Kaper

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

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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.

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A shadowy, unsettling journey into the mind. This film noir feels like a descent into a foggy, unreliable memory, where the line between sanity and delusion blurs. It's a claustrophobic, tense experience that lingers long after the credits roll.

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