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The Invisible Wall (1947 film)

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Director
  
Eugene Forde

Cinematography
  
Benjamin H. Kline

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Distributor
  
20th Century Fox

Country
  
United States

The Invisible Wall (1947 film) movie poster
Release date
  
October 15, 1947 (1947-10-15)

Writer
  
Arnold Belgard (screenplay), Howard J. Green (story), Paul Frank (story)

Cast
  
Don Castle
(Harry Lane),
Virginia Christine
(Mildred Elsworth),
Richard Gaines
(Richard Elsworth),
Arthur Space
(Roy Hanford),
Edward Keane
(Marty Floyd),
Jeff Chandler
(Al Conway, henchman)

Genres
  
Drama, Film noir, Crime Fiction

Similar movies
  
Mississippi Grind
,
Casino Royale
,
Runner Runner
,
Wild Card
,
Dr. No
,
The Gambler

The Invisible Wall is a 1947 American film noir directed by Eugene Forde starring Don Castle, Virginia Christine and Richard Gaines.

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The Invisible Wall (1947 film) movie scenes theatrically distributed by Twentieth Century Fox The actors are all stiff but not laughably so and as far as B noirs go you could do a lot worse

A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was supposed to deliver to gambling and a con artist. His attempts to get the money back leads to bigger problems including a murder plot.

Plot

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

  • 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

    The Invisible Wall (1947 film) Wikipedia
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    The Invisible Wall (1947 film) IMDb The Invisible Wall (1947 film) themoviedb.org