The Walls Came Tumbling Down (film)
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| Directed by | Lothar Mendes |
| Screenplay by | Wilfred H. Petitt |
| Based on | The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Jo Eisinger |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
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| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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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] Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was based in the 1943 novel of the same title by Jo Eisinger.
Plot[edit]
A newspaper reporter investigates when one of his friends is murdered, a crime apparently connected to a missing art work.
Cast[edit]
- Lee Bowman as Gilbert Archer
- Marguerite Chapman as Patricia Foster, AKA Laura Browning
- Edgar Buchanan as 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
- Arthur Loft as Anderson (uncredited)
- Larry Steers as Johnson (uncredited)
References[edit]
- ^ Spicer p.422
Bibliography[edit]
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links[edit]
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