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Storyline

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.

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

Murders and Medicinal Mania.High Wall is directed by Curtis Bernhardt and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm and Lester Cole from the play by Alan R. Clark and Bradbury Foote. It stars Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick and H.B. Warner. Music is by Bronislau Kaper and cinematography by Paul Vogel. Suffering from a brain injury sustained during the war, Steven Kenet (Taylor) is further rocked by the realisation that he may have strangled his wife during one of his blackout episodes. Committed to a county asylum, Steven responds to treatment by Dr. Ann Lorrison (Totter) and comes to believe he just might be innocent of his wifes murder. But can he convince the authorities? Can he in fact get out of the asylum to find proof? By 1947 film noir had firmly encompassed the plot strand involving returning veterans from the war. Plot would find them struggling to readjust into society, they would be battle scarred, emotionally torn or suffering some form of injury, such as a popular favourite of film makers of the time, the amnesia sufferer. High Wall is one of the better pictures from the original film noir cycle to deal with this premise. Where except for a daft method used to bring the story to its conclusion, its a well thought out and intelligent picture. The pairing of Taylor and Totter is one of the films strengths, they are helped no end by having parts that requires them to veer away from roles that they were accustomed to. Bernhardt and Vogel dress the picture up superbly, the camera glides eerily around the asylum, throwing impressive shadows across the drama, and the camera technique used for Kenets flashback sequences proves mood magnificent. Out of the asylum the visuals still remain beautiful whilst still exuding a bleakness befitting the unfolding story, with rain drenched streets the order of the night. While Kaper drifts a suitably haunting musical score across proceedings. Its unhurried and cares about attention to details, and even though some of the ethics involved in story are dubious, this is a smart entry in the psychological film noir canon. 7.5/10

Movie details High Wall

Release : 1947-12-17
Genre : Crime, Drama, Film Noir
Runtime : 99 minutes
Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Cast

	Robert Taylor	as	Steven Kenet
	Audrey Totter	as	Dr. Ann Lorrison
	Herbert Marshall	as	Willard I. Whitcombe
	Dorothy Patrick	as	Helen Kenet
	H.B. Warner	as	Mr. Slocum
	Warner Anderson	as	r. George Poward
	Moroni Olsen	as	Dr. Philip Dunlap
	John Ridgely	as	Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
	Morris Ankrum	as	Dr. Stanley Griffin
	Elisabeth Risdon	as	Mrs. Kenet
	Vince Barnett	as	Henry Cronner
	Jonathan Hale	as	Emory Garrison
	Charles Arnt	as	Sidney X. Hackle
	Ray Mayer	as	Tom Delaney
	Robert Hyatt	as	Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt)

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