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The Stranger
The Stranger
7.2
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THE STRANGER

Directed by Orson Welles
United States, 1946
Crime, Film noir, Thriller

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Our take

By the mid-1940s, Orson Welles had to prove Hollywood could make “normal” movies. Here’s what happens when you take B-movie material—a Nazi-hunting noir—and put it in the hands of a brilliant inventor. No masterpiece but still masterful. Co-starring Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.