High Wall (1947) is a film noir, starring Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter and Herbert Marshall. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt from a screenplay by Sydney Boehm and Lester Cole, based on a play by Alan R. Clark and Bradbury Foote.
A man suffering from a recurring brain injury during the war Steven Kenet (Taylor), appears to have strangled his wife after catching her living in her boss' apartment. He blacks out while his hands are around the wom...
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High Wall (1947) is a film noir, starring Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter and Herbert Marshall. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt from a screenplay by Sydney Boehm and Lester Cole, based on a play by Alan R. Clark and Bradbury Foote.
A man suffering from a recurring brain injury during the war Steven Kenet (Taylor), appears to have strangled his wife after catching her living in her boss' apartment. He blacks out while his hands are around the woman's neck. He confesses and is committed to a county asylum. At the asylum, Dr. Ann Lorrison (Totter) is initially cynical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment.
Slowly, she begins to doubt his guilt, and endangers her career when she begins to investigate the crime which eventually leads to another suspect. When Kenet's memory is finally jogged he remembers a clue that could prove his innocence, he escapes from the asylum looking for his wife's old boss Whitcombe (Marshall). The doctor and patient meet outside his building...
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