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High Wall

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Steven Kenet (Robert Taylor) has been blacking out, which is particularly problematic because he has been convicted of a crime he thinks he did not commit -- murdering his wife. Afraid that brain surgery will allow his accusers to decree him insane, Kenet instead is sent to a mental hospital. At the hospital, Dr. Ann Lorrison (Audrey Totter) falls for Kenet. But after initially believing his story, she starts to doubt whether her patient, the man she loves, is innocent after all.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 02/21/2013
B-
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/21/2004
D
A tepid and chatty psychological melodrama. Go to Full Review
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acsdoug D @acsdoug 12/18/2024 Not sure where the title came from, but I thought this was an enjoyable noir. I just wish they had put a better actor than Robert Taylor in the lead role. See more Steve D 01/20/2024 Interesting set up, laughable resolution. See more 01/27/2021 So often I commend beautifully shot movies, and this one is certainly one of them, cinematography by Paul Vogel, but I rarely acknowledge the people who are responsible for giving the lensman something interesting to shoot. So, kudos to this movie's art directors, Cedric Gibbons and Leonid Vasian; and, set decorator Edwin B. Willis. The film itself is enjoyable and the leads, Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter, are fabulous. There are, however, a couple of glaring plot points that don't work. Nonetheless... enjoy! See more deke p 09/07/2020 Kinda slow & a little depressing. Some interesting plot pts. Not ROBERT TAYLOR's best. Never heard of until watched on THE MOVIE CHANNEL 9/6/20 See more 01/20/2019 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, and endangers her career on a dangerous quest through dark streets awash with rain. See more 09/21/2014 A modestly successful psychological drama cum Noir with good supporting performances, and one particularly nifty, snappy scene of a blustering attorney repeatedly misidentifying the doctor - it's the one moment when this movie hits us with snappy dialog, and it's very fun. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Steven Kenet (Robert Taylor) has been blacking out, which is particularly problematic because he has been convicted of a crime he thinks he did not commit -- murdering his wife. Afraid that brain surgery will allow his accusers to decree him insane, Kenet instead is sent to a mental hospital. At the hospital, Dr. Ann Lorrison (Audrey Totter) falls for Kenet. But after initially believing his story, she starts to doubt whether her patient, the man she loves, is innocent after all.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Producer
Robert Lord
Screenwriter
Sydney Boehm, Lester Cole
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 39m