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The hunt is on for a top Nazi who has removed all traces of his origin and has become a professor in a New England school. An FBI agent and a man who hunts former Nazis are hot on his trail and anxious to bring the man to justice.

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ProducerSam Spiegel

EAN5060057770122

eBay Product ID (ePID)3944664

Product Key Features

ActorEdward G. Robinson, Billy House, Richard Long, Loretta Young, Byron Keith, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale

Film/TV TitleThe Stranger

DirectorOrson Welles

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesBlack & White

GenreThriller, General

Run Time90 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

ComposerBronislau Kaper

Additional InformationOrson Welles directed and stars in THE STRANGER, a tense black-and-white thriller that Welles made for maverick producer Sam Speagle. Welles portrays Charles Rankin, a respected academic at a prominent Connecticut college. He seems to have the perfect life: a beautiful new wife, Mary (Loretta Young); and a charming home in a small town that holds him in high esteem. Enter Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), a detective on the hunt for Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. The appearance of Mr. Wilson threatens to reveal that underneath this idyllic veneer is a secret that could tear everything apart.<BR>Although many of Welles's most interesting scenes wound up on the cutting-room floor when producer Sam Speagle reedited the film, THE STRANGER is still a multilayered, complex, and fascinating film. The scenes between Welles and Robinson are intellectually gripping, leading up to the stylized, shocking conclusion. As with so many of Welles's films, he was unhappy with the final result, but the viewer won't be. It would be most interesting to see the film as Welles intended it to be, but in the meantime, this version of THE STRANGER is a marvel of wonder.

Art DirectorPerry Ferguson

ScreenwriterAnthony Veiller

AuthorVictor Trivas, Decla Dunning, Orson Welles, John Huston

FeaturedMartha Wentworth, Konstantin Shayne, Isabel O'Madigan

Movie/TV TitleThe Stranger

EditorErnest Nims

Director of PhotographyRussell Metty