The Walls of Jericho (1948)

The Walls of Jericho (1948) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John M. Stahl

Written By:
Lamar Trotti
Paul Wellman

Actors:
Cornel Wilde ..... Dave Connors
Linda Darnell ..... Algeria Wedge
Anne Baxter ..... Julia Norman
Kirk Douglas ..... Tucker Wedge
Ann Dvorak ..... Belle Connors
Marjorie Rambeau ..... Mrs. Dunham
Henry Hull ..... Jefferson Norman
Colleen Townsend ..... Marjorie Ransome
Barton MacLane ..... Gotch McCurdy
Griff Barnett ..... Judge Hutto
William Tracy ..... Cully Caxton
Art Baker ..... Peddigrew

Synopsis:

After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julian Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria Wedge, the new bride of Dave's best friend, Tucker Wedge, makes overtures and plays for Dave, much to the displeasure of Dave's hard-drinking wife Belle. Angered by Dave's rebuffs, Algeria induces the state political boss to back Tucker for a Congress race against Dave. Meanwhile, Julia has returned to Jericho, with her law degree, and she and Dave fall in love. But when Dave announces he won't run for Congress, she feels she is the reason and she takes a job in Kansas City. Tucker wins the election and he and Algeria go to Washington. Later, Tucker announces a run for the Senate and Dave decides to run against him. When Marjorie Ransome kills a drunk in self-defense, Julia returns to Jericho to work with Dave, now in private practice,on Marjorie's defense. The still-resentful Algeria moves to kill Dave's senate bid when Tucker's newspaper announces that Dave is being sued for divorce, with Julia named as correspondent.

The year is 1908 and the setting Jericho, Kansas, a veritable cesspool of sin and vice. Dave Connors is a politically ambitious lawyer married to Belle, the town lush, and is in love with beautiful colleague Julia Norman. Matters are worsened when Algeria Wedge, his best friend's wife, makes a pass at him. When Dave rejects her advances, she retaliates by printing vile things about him in the town paper. This effectively destroys his political career and causes him to leave town. Algeria then successfully helps to launch her husband's career so she can remain in town and cause even more trouble.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 August, 2020.