The Invisible Wall

From 1947, the Invisible Wall is a B movie starring Don Castle, Virginia Christine, and Richard Gaines.

Don Castle plays Harry Lane, fresh from the service, who goes back to work for Marty Floyd (Edward Keane), a gambler. He has a job for Harry, but he warns him that this time, if he wants to gamble, he has to use his own money, and not payoff money. Harry promises he will stick to that, and is given $20,000 to deliver to a woman flying into Las Vegas shortly. I mean, why not give Dracula the keys to a blood bank while you're at it.

In Vegas, Harry meets Richard Ellsworth (Richard Gaines) who is gambling at roulette using a system. He keeps winning, and Harry joins him, winning as well. The next day, Harry starts losing. It's time for him to tap into the $20,000 - which he does.

At Ellsworth's house, Harry finds a telegram about a copper mine getting ready to strike and wants in on it. Ellsworth hesitates, but brings him in for $5,000.

Later on, an associate of his boss Floyd (Jeff Chandler) happens to be in Vegas and mentions that Ellsworth is a well-known con man. Desperate to get the $5,000 back. Ellsworth doesn't have it - he's sent it to himself via registered mail to a hotel in Colorado. During a fight with Harry, Ellsworth hits his head on brick and is dead.

Impersonating Ellsworth, Harry heads to Colorado. There he meets a woman, Mildred (Virginia Christine), an associate of Ellsworth's. When Harry talks to Ellsworth's partner on the phone, the partner knows he isn't talking to Ellsworth. Harry and Mildred wind up on the run.

The story is told in flashback by Harry himself as he sits in a police station.

There's a twist at the end, and it's not very believable.

Nothing special, but Virginia Christine was the Folger's coffee lady and did a lot of TV when we boomers were growing up. Don Castle was new to me - he apparently was contracted by a studio because of his resemblance to Clark Gable. Stardom eluded him, however, and he wound up producing for Jack Wrather of the "Lassie" TV show. He overdosed on pills at the age of 47, suffering from depression.