The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
Directed by Lothar Mendes
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Jun 7, 1946 (USA - Unknown), Jun 7, 1946 (USA) |
Run Time - 82 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The Columbia mystery melodrama The Walls Came Tumbling Down is regarded in many circles as star Lee Bowman's finest hour-and-a-half. Bowman is cast as Winchellesque Broadway columnist Gilbert Archer, who insists upon investigating the death of an old friend, a priest. The police insist that the priest hanged himself, but Archer believes otherwise, and together with Boston socialite Patricia Foster (Marguerite Chapman) he begins to play detective -- though "play" is hardly the word. Key ingredients to the mystery are two rare Bibles and a painting of the fall of Jericho. The principal villainy comes at the grubby hands of Columbia contractees George Macready and Edgar Buchanan, while J. Edward Bromberg has a few amusing moments as a kooky art dealer.
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anchorperson, art-dealer, artist, Bible, columnist, detective, friendship, investigation, investigator, journalism, killing, lawyer, lynching, motive, murder, painting, police, priest, reporter, robbery, socialite, suicide