High Wall (1947): Cast & Plot
High Wall is a 1947 crime thriller directed by Curtis Bernhardt, starring Robert Taylor as Steven Kenet, Elisabeth Risdon and Robert Hyatt. It runs 1 hour 39 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 39m (99 min)
- Director
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is High Wall About?
The premise of High Wall without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Steven Kenet, who suffers from recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife and confesses the crime. He is placed in an understaffed county asylum teeming with difficult inmates, where the claustrophobic environment heightens the tension. Dr. Ann Lorrison, skeptical of his story and his refusal of treatment, begins to doubt his guilt.
High Wall Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- flashback
- murder
- war hero
- world war two veteran
- psychological drama
- pilot
- strangulation
- escaped psychiatric patient
- car accident
- drunkenness
- urban setting
- attempted suicide
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- mental illness
- home intruder
- loss of wife
- foster care
- loss of mother
- psychiatrist
- gas station
- sodium pentathol
- book editor
- psychiatric hospital
- amnesia
- secretary
- framed for murder
- subdural hematoma
- boss secretary romance
- electroencephalograph
- janitor
- murder made to look like accident
- music box
- recreating a crime scene
- suitcase
- job promotion
- solitary confinement
- race against time
- injection
- father son reunion
- ends with a kiss
- man
- two word title
- aunt
- mother son relationship
- stakeout
- extramarital affair
- rainstorm
- elevator shaft
- elevator
- fainting
- car theft
High Wall Cast & Characters
Robert Taylor leads the cast as Steven Kenet, with Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Kenet and Robert Hyatt as Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt). Directed by Curtis Bernhardt; 25 actors are credited in all.
- Director Curtis Bernhardt
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Robert Taylor as Steven Kenet - Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Kenet
- Robert Hyatt as Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt)
- Audrey Totter as Dr. Ann Lorrison
Also Starring in High Wall
· 21 more- Vince Barnett Henry Cronner
- Herbert Marshall Willard I. Whitcombe
- Dorothy Patrick Helen Kenet
- John Ridgely Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
- Moroni Olsen Dr. Philip Dunlap
- John Beck Patient (uncredited)
- Selmer Jackson Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)
- Milton Kibbee Counterman (uncredited)
- Ray Teal Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- John Hamilton Police Surgeon (uncredited)
- Jonathan Hale Emory Garrison
- Morris Ankrum Dr. Stanley Griffin
- Dick Wessel Jim Hale (uncredited)
- Frank Jenks Pinky (uncredited)
- Charles Arnt Sidney X. Hackle
- H.B. Warner Mr. Slocum
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- Warner Anderson r. George Poward
- Dorothy Neumann Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
- Eula Guy Miss Vera Mercer (uncredited)
- Ray Mayer Tom Delaney
- Russell Arms Patient Awaiting Discharge Hearing (uncredited)
More from Curtis Bernhardt
More films directed by Curtis Bernhardt: Kisses for My President, Damon and Pythias, Gaby and Interrupted Melody.
High Wall Plot Summary
What happens in High Wall from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Former WWII bomber pilot and recent ex-mercenary flyer Steven Kenet [Robert Taylor] crashes his car into a river, attempting to cover up his wife’s murder as a suicide. He survives but is sent to the county psychiatric hospital for evaluation to determine if he is sane enough to stand trial. He has no memory of what happened, the result of a pre-existing wartime brain injury aggravated by a crash in Burma.
Full summary
The whole story of High Wall, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know High Wall?
9 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 9
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What is the profession of Steven Kenet before the events of the film?
Cars in High Wall
13 cars on screen, including the 1936 Buick Special and the 1941 Ford Super De Luxe.
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1936 Buick Special Important role -
1941 Ford Super De Luxe Important role -
1939 Plymouth De Luxe Important role -
1938 De Soto Taxicab Minor role
High Wall Also Known As
7 alternative titles, including “Muro de Trevas” and “Anklage - Mord”.
- Also known as
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- Muro de Trevas
- Anklage - Mord
- La muraglia delle tenebre
- Muro de tinieblas
- Zid înalt
- Den höga muren
- 铜墙铁壁
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Movies Like High Wall
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Behind the High Wall, High Crimes and Wall of Secrets.
High Wall FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of High Wall, each answered in a sentence.
How long is High Wall?
High Wall runs 1 hour 39 minutes (99 minutes).
When was High Wall released?
High Wall was released on December 17, 1947.
Who directed High Wall?
High Wall was directed by Curtis Bernhardt.
More films by Curtis Bernhardt Who is in the cast of High Wall?
High Wall stars Robert Taylor as Steven Kenet, Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Kenet and Robert Hyatt as Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt), among 25 credited actors.
Does High Wall have a post-credit scene?
No. High Wall has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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