Movie
The Stranger
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1946-06-02
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- International Pictures, The Haig Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Byron Keith as Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence
- Billy House as Mr. Solomon Potter
- Martha Wentworth as Sara
- David Bond as Student (uncredited)
- John Brown as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
- Neal Dodd as Minister (uncredited)
Crew
- Orson Welles - Director
- Anthony Veiller - Screenplay
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