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7.2An 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.
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as Federal Agent Wilson
- Loretta Young as Mary Longstreet
- Orson Welles as Prof. Charles Rankin
- Philip Merivale as Judge Adam Longstreet
- Richard Long as Noah Longstreet
- Konstantin Shayne as Konrad Meinike
Themes
- nazi
- clock tower
- professor
- clock
- connecticut
- film noir
- black and white
- convert
- supreme court justice
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
30,317 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
76/100
- Year
- 1946
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Orson Welles
- Written by
- Anthony Veiller
- Adaptation by
- Victor Trivas Decla Dunning
- Story by
- Victor Trivas
- Produced by
- S. P. Eagle
- Starring
- Orson Welles Loretta Young Edward G. Robinson Philip Merivale Richard Long Billy House
- Cinematography
- Russell Metty
- Edited by
- Ernest J. Nims
- Music by
- Bronisław Kaper
- Production company
- International Pictures
- Distributed by
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Release dates
- July 2, 1946 ( 1946-07-02 ) ( Los Angeles , Salt Lake City )
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.034 million
- Box office
- $3.22 million , 931,868 admissions (France)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 360018
- Image
- The Stranger 1946 (2).jpg
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- Commons category
- The Stranger (1946 film)
- publication date
- 1946-07-02
- title
- The Stranger
- review score
- 76/100
- capital cost
- 1034000
- box office
- 3216000
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The Stranger is a 1946 American thriller film noir directed and (although uncredited) co-written by Orson Welles, starring himself along with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, it centers on war crimes investigator Wilson tracking high-ranking Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler to a Connecticut town. It is the first Hollywood film to present documentary footage of the Holocaust.
The film was nominated for the Golden Lion (then-called the ‘Grand International Prize’) at the 8th Venice International Film Festival. Screenwriter Victor Trivas received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Story. The film entered the public domain when its copyright was not renewed.