The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Lee Bowman - Gilbert Archer
- Edgar Buchanan - George Bradford
- Noel Cravat - Rausch
- Jonathan Hale - Capt. Griffin
- George Macready - Matthew Stoker
- Moroni Olsen - Bishop Martin
- Elizabeth Risdon - Catherine Walsh
- J. Edward Bromberg - Ernst Helms
- Marguerite Chapman - Patricia Foster
- Katherine Emery - Mrs. Stoker
- Charles La Torre - Bianca
- Miles Mander - Dr. Marko
- Lee Patrick - Susan
- Bob Ryan - Detective Regan
- Director(s):
- Lothar Mendes
- Writer(s):
- Wilfred H. Pettit
- Producer(s):
- Albert J. Cohen
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