
The Night of the Hunter(1955)
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.


“So tense! So taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!”
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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Robert Taylor
Steven Kenet

Audrey Totter
Dr. Ann Lorrison

Herbert Marshall
Willard I. Whitcombe

Dorothy Patrick
Helen Kenet

H.B. Warner
Mr. Slocum

Warner Anderson
r. George Poward

Moroni Olsen
Dr. Philip Dunlap

John Ridgely
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)

Morris Ankrum
Dr. Stanley Griffin

Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Kenet
High Wall is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1947 exploring themes of asylum, film noir, strangulation, post world war ii, doctor patient relationship, framed for murder. Directed by Curtis Bernhardt, it stars Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall. 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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