Wall of fear

United Kingdom

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A widow, her son and mother newly settled in new location is terrified by a hoodlum, whom she had earlier humiliated in front of a crows od younger kids, when she slapped his face after she caught him ill-treating a younger boy. Her efforts to enlist the aid of the police, and others, are fruitless, she takes into her own hands, obtains a revolver, catches the terrorist in her son’s bedroom. The subsequent scenes show how she obtained a new friend. Cast includes; Susan Douglas, Eleanor Beecroft, Douglas Master, Jena Keller and herb Fisher.

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Leo Orenstein

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00:50:00:00

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