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The Glass Wall is a american film of genre Drama directed by Maxwell Shane released in USA on 19 march 1953 with Vittorio Gassman
The Glass Wall (1953)
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Add to a movie listThe Glass Wall is a 1953 American black-and-white drama film noir directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Vittorio Gassman and Gloria Grahame. The film was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The title refers to the design of the tower of United Nations headquarters in New York.
It tied with two other films for the Golden Leopard, the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, in 1953.
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After the end of World War II, Peter Kuban (Vittorio Gassman), a Hungarian displaced person and survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, stows away on a ship bound for New York City. However, he is spotted and held for the authorities. When they arrive, he claims that he qualifies for entry under an exception for those who helped Allied soldiers during the war, but all he knows about the paratrooper he hid from the enemy is that his name is Tom and he plays clarinet in a jazz band in New York City's Times Square.The immigration authorities led by Inspector Bailey say that without better documentation he must be sent back to Europe.Actors
Vittorio Gassman
(Peter Kuban)
Gloria Grahame
(Maggie Summers)
Ann Robinson
(Nancy)
Douglas Spencer
(Inspector Bailey)
Joe Turkel
(Freddie Zakoyla (as Joseph Turkel))
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