The Invisible Wall (1947 film)
| The Invisible Wall | |
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| Directed by | Eugene Forde |
| Screenplay by | Arnold Belgard |
| Story by | Howard J. Green Paul Frank |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel Paul Frank (associate producer) |
| Starring | Don Castle Virginia Christine Richard Gaines |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Frank Baldridge |
| Music by | Dale Butts |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Invisible Wall is a 1947 American film noir directed by Eugene Forde starring Don Castle, Virginia Christine and Richard Gaines.[1]
The movie features an early performance by Jeff Chandler as a gangster.[2]
Plot
[edit]Told in flashback, the film recounts how gambler Harry Lane (Castle) ended up accused of murder: Returned from the war he took up his old job working for bookmaker Marty Floyd (Keane). Dispatched by his boss to deliver $20,000 to a contact in Las Vegas, he foolishly loses some of the money at the gambling tables, then loses the rest of it to a conman (Gaines). His attempts to recover the money result in him accidentally killing the conman. In the end Lane is cleared when it is revealed that the victim was no victim after all.
Cast
[edit]- Don Castle as Harry Lane
- Virginia Christine as Mildred Elsworth
- Richard Gaines as Richard Elsworth
- Arthur Space as Roy Hanford
- Edward Keane as Marty Floyd
- Jeff Chandler as Al Conway
- Mary Gordon as Mrs. Bledsoe
- Harry Cheshire as Eugene Hamilton
- Rita Duncan as Alice Jamison
- Harry Shannon as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
- Earle S. Dewey as Doctor Winters
References
[edit]- ^ The Invisible Wall at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ A. H. WEILER (Aug 21, 1949). "BY WAY OF REPORT". New York Times. p. X3.
External links
[edit]- The Invisible Wall at IMDb
- The Invisible Wall at AllMovie
- The Invisible Wall at the TCM Movie Database
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