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. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was based in the 1943 novel of the same title by Jo Eisinger.
Premise
A newspaper reporter investigates when one of his friends is murdered, a crime apparently connected to a missing art work.
Cast
- 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)