The Walls Came Tumbling Down

The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)

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