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CrimeMystery

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

- Listen beautiful. This is no parlor game... you are playing with MURDER!

A PI investigates a priest's murder.

Release Date : 1946-06-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Lee Bowman

Character Name : Gilbert Archer

Original Name : Lee Bowman

Gender : Male

Marguerite Chapman

Character Name : Patricia Foster, AKA Laura Browning

Original Name : Marguerite Chapman

Gender : Female

Edgar Buchanan

Character Name : George Bradford

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

George Macready

Character Name : Matthew Stoker

Original Name : George Macready

Gender : Male

Lee Patrick

Character Name : Susan

Original Name : Lee Patrick

Gender : Female

Jonathan Hale

Character Name : Captain Griffin

Original Name : Jonathan Hale

Gender : Male

Elisabeth Risdon

Character Name : Catherine Walsh

Original Name : Elisabeth Risdon

Gender : Female

J. Edward Bromberg

Character Name : Ernst Helms

Original Name : J. Edward Bromberg

Gender : Male

Miles Mander

Character Name : Dr. Marko

Original Name : Miles Mander

Gender : Male

Moroni Olsen

Character Name : Bishop Martin

Original Name : Moroni Olsen

Gender : Male

Mary Field

Character Name : Bradford's Secretary

Original Name : Mary Field

Gender : Female

Katherine Emery

Character Name : Mrs. Stoker

Original Name : Katherine Emery

Gender : Female

Bess Flowers

Character Name : Diner at Bianca's

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Robert Ryan

Character Name : Detective Regan (as Bob Ryan)

Original Name : Robert Ryan

Gender : Male

Noel Cravat

Character Name : Rausch

Original Name : Noel Cravat

Gender : Male

Julio Abadía

Character Name : Carlo - Artist

Original Name : Julio Abadía

Gender : Male

Steve Benton

Character Name : Plainclothesman

Original Name : Steve Benton

Gender : Male

David Bond

Character Name : Night Clerk

Original Name : David Bond

Gender : Male

Charles Cane

Character Name : Tiny

Original Name : Charles Cane

Gender : Male

Edmund Cobb

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Edmund Cobb

Gender : Male

Gary Del Mar

Character Name :

Original Name : Gary Del Mar

Gender : Male

Forrest Dickson

Character Name :

Original Name : Forrest Dickson

Gender : Male

Franklin Dix

Character Name : Broker

Original Name : Franklin Dix

Gender : Male

Johnny Duncan

Character Name : Bellboy

Original Name : Johnny Duncan

Gender : Male

Ralph Dunn

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Ralph Dunn

Gender : Male

Jack Ellis

Character Name : Plainclothesman

Original Name : Jack Ellis

Gender : Male

Fred Godoy

Character Name : Roberto - Waiter

Original Name : Fred Godoy

Gender : Male

Wanda Perry

Character Name : Marco's Secretary

Original Name : Wanda Perry

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-01

This is really all about the last ten minutes as we quite entertainingly finish off this otherwise unremarkable drama. "Gilbert" (Lee Bowman) is a red-top journalist who loves nothing more than a good old dose of salacious rumour-mongering. His life takes a more serious turn when his friend is murdered. The man was a priest, and the mystery deepens when we discover that his two bibles are being sought by the menacing "Stoker" (George Macready). Why? Well one of them contains a code that will lead to the secret hiding place of a priceless Da Vinci painting. The police suspect that maybe "Pat" aka "Laura" (Marguerite Chapman) is somehow involved, so she and our gossip-pedlar join forces hoping to find it (and some romance) first, or at least to stay alive! It's a bit better than your standard afternoon feature this and that's almost entirely down to the sparingly featured Macready and to Edgar Buchanan's contributions as "Bradford" - and I did quite like the carefully choreographed cellar-denouement. Nope, you'll never remember it, and it could probably lose twenty minutes of waffly preamble, but it's not bad.