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The Stranger

The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!

7.2(670)19461h 35m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
$3.2M
Language
English
  • nazi
  • clock tower
  • professor
  • clock
  • connecticut
  • film noir
  • black and white
  • convert
  • supreme court justice

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Behind the camera

Director

Orson Welles

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical2 Jun 1946
    • Theatrical2 Jul 1946
    • Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York10 Jul 1946
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG2 Jul 1946
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical (limited)152 Jul 1946
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-162 Jul 1946
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP7 Apr 1948
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical123 Feb 1977
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical24 Dec 1947
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalC2 Jul 1946
  • PolandPL

    • Theatrical121 Jan 1958
  • PortugalPT

    • PremiereM/122 Jul 1946
    • TVM/122 Jul 1946
  • SpainES

    • Physical12DVD21 Oct 2003
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical152 Jul 1946

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The Stranger was released on 2 June 1946.

Audience reviews

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  • T

    TheCakerBaker

    7/3/2013

    7.5/10

    Excellent cinematography and camerawork as can be expected from Welles. Entertaining throughout. Watch if you're a fan of film noir

  • J

    John Chard

    12/13/2018

    9/10

    They searched the woods. I watched them, here, like God looking at little ants. We are in the college town of Harper, Connecticut, one day a man known only as Wilson arrives, he's a member of the War Crimes Commission, in short he's a Nazi Hunter. On his radar is the man thought to have invented the Nazi Death Camps, Franz Kindler, surely such a despicable and low human being is not residing in this lovely littl…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/7/2022

    7/10

    This taut and suspenseful thriller finds a devilishly clever Edward G. Robinson ("Mr. Wilson") on the trail of the Nazi who allegedly devised the whole concept of mass annihilation in the concentration camps. Having released one of his erstwhile minions "Meinike", he hopes that he will lead to him the big fish. Well he does, sort of - but suddenly disappears in a small town leaving "Wilson" with little to go on but h…

  • R

    r96sk

    5/23/2024

    7/10

    A good movie, albeit one that finishes weaker than it started. I really enjoyed the set up of <em>'The Stranger'</em>, though once the cat is let out the bag events do move along at a notch below. The final 30 feels a little drawn out, admittedly only in a relative sense because it is still perfectly watchable - but I personally wasn't as interested as I was across the opening chunk. There is a commanding showi…

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