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The Stranger (1946)
My Rating 9.0
IMDb Rating 7.5
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Orson Welles Franz Kindler/Prof. Charles Rankin
Edward G. Robinson Wilson
Loretta Young Mary Longstreet
Philip Merivale Judge Longstreet
Martha Wentworth Sara
Richard Long Noah Longstreet
Byron Keith Dr. Jeff Lawrence
Billy House Mr. Potter
Konstantin Shayne Konrad Meinike
Isabel O'Madigan Mrs. Lawrence
David Bond (uncredited)
Robinson
Young
Plot
The Stranger is often considered Orson Welles' most "traditional" Hollywood-style directorial effort. Welles plays a college professor named Charles Rankin, who lives in a pastoral Connecticut town with his lovely wife Mary (Loretta Young). One afternoon, an extremely nervous German gentleman named Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) arrives in town. Professor Rankin seems disturbed—but not unduly so—by Meineke's presence. He invites the stranger for a walk in the woods, and as they journey farther and farther away from the center of town, we learn that kindly professor Rankin is actually notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. Conscience-stricken by his own genocidal wartime activities, Meineke has come to town to beg his ex-superior Kindler to give himself up. The professor responds by brutally murdering his old associate. If Kindler believes himself safe—and he has every reason to do so, since no one in town, especially Mary, has any inkling of his previous life—he will change his mind in a hurry when mild-mannered war crimes commissioner Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) pays a visit, posing as an antiques dealer. — Hal Erickson
Movie Details
Genre Drama; Film-Noir; Thriller
Director Orson Welles
Producer Sam Spiegel; S.P. Eagle
Writer Victor Trivas; Orson Welles; John Huston
Studio RKO Radio Pictures
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating Approved
Running Time 95 mins
Movie Release Date 1946
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 205
Collection Status In Collection
Location Disc 24
Product Details
Edition B&W
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 089218610393
Release Date 10/22/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Black & White
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