The Stranger
The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!
ThrillerCrimenaziclock towerprofessorclockconnecticutfilm noirblack and whiteconvertsupreme court justice
A taut film noir thriller about deception and hidden evil lurking beneath the surface of small-town respectability, driven by paranoia and moral reckoning.
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Essence
Ensemble
Edward G. Robinson
Federal Agent Wilson
Loretta Young
Mary Longstreet
Orson Welles
Prof. Charles Rankin
Philip Merivale
Judge Adam Longstreet
Richard Long
Noah Longstreet
Konstantin Shayne
Konrad Meinike
Byron Keith
Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence
Billy House
Mr. Solomon Potter
Martha Wentworth
Sara
David Bond
Student (uncredited)
John Brown
Passport Photographer (uncredited)
Neal Dodd
Minister (uncredited)
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