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Released
1953 · FILM

The Glass Wall

THE 10-HOUR MANHUNT...that tore New York apart!

Directed by
Runtime
82 min
DramaFilm-Noir

Synopsis

Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He needs to find an ex-G.I. named Tom whom he helped during the war, as Tom can prove Peter's right to legal entry into the United States. If he can't find Tom within 24 hours and prove his case, he will be branded a fugitive and will be permanently disqualified for U.S. citizenship.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Herbert L StrockShot by Joseph F BirocScored by Leith StevensDesigned by George Van Marter

Also known as

  • Die gläserne Mauerde
  • El muro de cristales
  • Les Frontières de la viefr
  • Il muro di vetroit

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