The Stranger (1946 film)
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| Directed by | Orson Welles |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
| Written by | Orson Welles, Anthony Veiller, John Huston (uncredited) |
| Starring | Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson |
| Distributed by | International Pictures/RKO |
| Release date(s) | 1946 |
| Running time | 95 min |
| Language | English |
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The Stranger is a 1946 film noir/drama starring Orson Welles and Loretta Young. Directed by Welles from a screenplay written by Victor Trivas. Sam Spiegel was the film's producer, and the film's musical score is by Bronislau Kaper. It is believed that this is the first film released after World War II that showed footage of concentration camps. The Stranger was the only film made by Welles to show a profit upon its initial release.
[edit] Plot
It is 1946 and Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles). Kindler has effectively concealed his Nazi activities prior to his escape to the United States. He assumes a new identity, Charles Rankin, lands a job as a university professor and gets married to Mary Longstreet (Loretta Young), who is the daughter of Supreme Court justice Judge Adam Longstreet.
Wilson releases Kindler’s former associate Meinike (Konstantin Shayne) and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, but Meinike is strangled to death before he can identify Kindler. Wilson must convince Mrs. Rankin, the only person to have seen Kindler and Meinke together, that her husband is a war criminal.
[edit] Cast
| Actor/Actress | Role |
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| Edward G. Robinson | Mr. Wilson |
| Loretta Young | Mary Longstreet Rankin |
| Orson Welles | Franz Kindler AKA Professor Charles Rankin |
| Philip Merivale | Judge Adam Longstreet (Mary’s father) |
| Richard Long | Noah Longstreet (Mary’s brother) |
| Konstantin Shayne | Konrad Meinike |
| Byron Keith | Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence |
| Billy House | Mr. Potter |
| Martha Wentworth | Sara |
[edit] External links
- The Stranger (complete film viewable online) at the Internet Archive
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Citizen Kane (1941) • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) • The Stranger (1946) • The Lady from Shanghai (1947) • Macbeth (1948) • Othello (1952) • Mr. Arkadin (1955) • Touch of Evil (1958) • The Trial (1962) • Chimes at Midnight (1965) • The Immortal Story (1968) • F for Fake (1974)
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