
“So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!”
High Wall
6.4
29 votes·1947
·1h 39m
·MovieCrimeDramaThriller
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.
Keywords
asylumfilm noirstrangulationpost world war iidoctor patient relationshipframed for murderbrain injurymurder confessionmurdered wifeinnocent man imprisonedwar veteran with amnesia
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