Stranger on the Third Floor
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8/16/1940Runtime
64 minsOverview
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$171,200Revenue
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A claustrophobic descent into psychological torment as a reporter becomes consumed by doubt over whether he's destroyed an innocent man. Shot in stark, shadow-laden noir style, it traps you in the protagonist's spiraling conviction and paranoia.
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Heads up
Peter Lorre
The Stranger
John McGuire
Michael Ward
Margaret Tallichet
Jane
Charles Waldron
District Attorney
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Briggs
Charles Halton
Albert Meng
Ethel Griffies
Mrs. Kane
Cliff Clark
Martin
Oscar O'Shea
The Judge
Alec Craig
Briggs' Defense Attorney
Otto Hoffman
Charles Evans
Bobby Barber
Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
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