The Walls of Jericho (1948) DVD-R

Starring Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Anne Baxter, Kirk Douglas, Ann Dvorak, Marjorie
Rambeau, Henry Hull, Colleen Townsend, Barton MacLane
Directed by John M. Stahl

Print: black/white
Runtime: 106 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

After County Attorney Dave Connors (Cornel Wilde) helps Julian Norman (Anne Baxter) with
her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman (Henry Hull), she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to
study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria Wedge (Linda Darnell), the new bride of
Dave's best friend, Tucker Wedge (Kirk Douglas), makes overtures and plays for Dave,
much to the displeasure of Dave's hard-drinking wife Belle (Ann Dvorak.) 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 (Coleen Townsend) 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.