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Orson WellesThe Stranger (1946)

Set Connecticut after World War II, The Stranger is a cat and mouse game between Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), a member of the Allied War Crimes Commission and Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a Nazi who has assumed the false identity of Dr. Charles Rankin.
To complete his new intelligentsia disguise, Kindler marries Mary Longstreet, daughter of a Supreme Court justice.


This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Orson Welles
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Production Company: International Pictures/RKO
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Drama; Film-Noir; Mystery; Thriller
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: malary - - February 1, 2009
Subject: What An Ending!
What a great post-World War II movie! The suspense builds beautifully. The director deserves two huge thumbs up for this one. Job well done by the cast as well.

Reviewer: specs - - March 21, 2007
Subject: the stranger is no stranger just abit odd
This film I saw years ago and didn't really understand it but not since downloading an burning it onto DVD (I used MPEG 2), I am glad I did. Very suspenseful. I highly recommend to anyone who likes a good mystery with O. Welles as the protagnost and E.G. Robinson as the hero.

Reviewer: robcat2075 - - December 20, 2006
Subject: The Clueless Woman
Modern film makers sometimes try to create the look of classic movies, but one thing they never get right is the women. Loretta Young creates an aura of cluelessness and helplessness in this role that today's actresses don't seem to be able to do.

Orson Welles is no slouch either. He's able to portray a german who has no trace of an accent after only a year in the US.

Not a deep movie, but a Welles movie is always finely done.

Reviewer: billbarstad - - December 15, 2006
Subject: Good
Edward G. Robinson hunts Nazi war criminals in this well acted and directed film. Once the implausible premise of the story is swallowed, the rest is entertaining and gripping. The dramatic ending is worthy of Hitchcock.

I downloaded the mpeg1 file. The film is in good shape. Occasional pixelation.

Reviewer: jimelena - - December 13, 2006
Subject: It's good.
They wouldn't show it on the classic movie channel so much if it wasn't good.
See if you don't keep asking yourself why Robinson doesn't just arrest Wells in the beginning.
That's the only thing I could think of through the whole movie.