The Walls Came Tumbling Down (film)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down | |
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Directed by | Lothar Mendes |
Screenplay by | Wilfred H. Petitt |
Based on | Jo Eisinger (novel) |
Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Music by | Marlin Skiles |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Walls Came Tumbling Down is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lee Bowman, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan and George Macready.[1]
Premise[]
A newspaper reporter investigates when one of his friends is murdered, a crime apparently connected to a missing art work.
Cast[]
- Lee Bowman as Gilbert Archer
- Marguerite Chapman as Patricia Foster, AKA Laura Browning
- Edgar Buchanan as Rev. George Bradford
- George Macready as Matthew Stoker
- Lee Patrick as Susan
- Jonathan Hale as Captain Griffin
- J. Edward Bromberg as Ernst Helms
- Elisabeth Risdon as Catherine Walsh
- Miles Mander as Dr. Marko
- Moroni Olsen as Bishop Martin
- Katherine Emery as Mrs. Stoker
- Noel Cravat as Rausch
References[]
- ^ Spicer p.422
Bibliography[]
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1946 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American crime films
- American black-and-white films
- 1946 crime films
- Films directed by Lothar Mendes
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1940s crime film stubs