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      High Wall

      1947 1h 39m Crime Drama List
      Reviews 47% Audience Score 50+ Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B- Feb 21, 2013 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A tepid and chatty psychological melodrama. Rated: D Sep 21, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Interesting set up, laughable resolution. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/24 Full Review Murty C This is quite a silly "film noir" movie. Although the basic plot line involving an insane air force veteran (Robert Taylor) whose mind blanks out on the details of the murder he is supposed to have committed is interesting, there are so many implausible situations and antiseptically clean design aspects that it actually amused me sometimes. For example, Robert Taylor is unblemished after a neurosurgery - no scar, not a hair out of place, no recuperation/rehab. Audrey Totter, the gorgeous psychiatrist treating him, has full makeup, expensive hair-dos, and designer clothes at any time of the day or night. (She also has a heart of gold.) And then there are repressed memories which come to light under the influence of sodium pentothal, AND the police accepting these drugged confessions as evidence. Surely, this could not have been acceptable even in 1947, right? And when Taylor and Totter roam in the city, the only other people we see are cops - the streets are quite literally deserted. Similarly, no one else seems to live in Herbert Marshall's apartment complex. So, it was a wasted couple of hours for me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/22/22 Full Review Audience Member 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! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review deke p 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 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review william s You can sure see the punches coming but a solid performance by Taylor make it watchable but just barely. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 39m