High Wall

High Wall

★ 6.4IMDb Score
Released:1947-12-17
Duration:99 min
Director:Curtis Bernhardt
Actors:Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick, H.B. Warner
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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