Outside the Wall (film)
Outside the Wall is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Crane Wilbur and starring Richard Basehart, Marilyn Maxwell, Signe Hasso and Dorothy Hart.[1]
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Directed by | Crane Wilbur |
Screenplay by | Crane Wilbur |
Story by | Henry Edward Helseth |
Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
Starring | Richard Basehart Marilyn Maxwell Signe Hasso Dorothy Hart |
Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
Pardoned ex-convict Larry Nelson (Basehart), leaves Eastern State Penitentiary after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, has problems settling into the outside world. Determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, he takes a job as a lab assistant in a country sanitarium. There he falls for attractive nurse Charlotte (Maxwell). Larry learns that the sanitarium is a front for a robbery syndicate and finally finds himself a clay pigeon for the gang. Sweet-and-wholesome nurse Ann (Hart) helps Larry to get out of the dangerous situation.
Cast
- Richard Basehart as Larry Nelson
- Marilyn Maxwell as Charlotte Maynard
- Signe Hasso as Celia Bentner
- Dorothy Hart as Ann Taylor
- Joseph Pevney as Gus Wormser
- Lloyd Gough as Red Chaney
- Harry Morgan as Garth (credited as Henry Morgan)
- John Hoyt as Jack Bernard
- Mickey Knox as Latzo
- Joseph Sweeney as Prison Hospital Inmate
- Tudor Owen as Watchman
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