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The Stranger is a 1946 American thriller film noir directed and co-written by Orson Welles, starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young and Orson Welles. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, [4] it centers on a war crimes investigator tracking a high-ranking Nazi fugitive to a Connecticut town.
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Biography. Shayne was born in Kharkov, Russian Empire (now...
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William H. Comstock (May 7, 1889 – September 23, 1961),...
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The Stranger: Directed by Orson Welles. With Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale. An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
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- Orson Welles
- 1946-08
The Stranger is a 1946 Film Noir directed by Orson Welles, starring Welles, Edward G. Robinson, and Loretta Young. Mr. Wilson (Robinson) is a war crimes investigator who has followed a Nazi war criminal, Konrad Meinike, to Harper, Connecticut. Wilson is hoping to find Meinike's old commander, Franz Kindler, a notorious Nazi criminal and ...
Orson Welles. Director. Anthony Veiller. Screenplay. Written by on December 13, 2018. 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.
The Stranger (1946) The Stranger (1946) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis Immediately following World War II, ex-Nazi Franz Kindler (Orson Welles) is living under a false identity as a teacher ...
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- Edward G. Robinson
- Orson Welles
- Mystery & Thriller
While it’s not nearly the most baroque film of his oeuvre, Orson Welles’ The Stranger is chock full of Wellesian style: clever uses of deep focus, crane shots, mirrors, and glossy expressionism, all contributing to a tragic, high-drama, occasionally surreal suspense thriller set in the small town of Harper, Connecticut. American war crimes ...
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.
