The Stranger

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The Stranger is a 1946 American film noir directed by Orson Welles, known for its suspenseful story about a Nazi fugitive hiding in a small Connecticut town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Story
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
characterPlayedBy Edward G. Robinson Mr. Wilson
characterPlayedBy Loretta Young Mary Longstreet
characterPlayedBy Orson Welles Franz Kindler
cinematographer Russell Metty
countryOfOrigin United States
director Orson Welles
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editor Ernest J. Nims
era post-World War II cinema
filmingTechnique deep focus cinematography
genre film noir
thriller film
hasTheme Nazi war criminals
identity and deception
postwar justice
mainCharacter Franz Kindler
Mary Longstreet
Mr. Wilson
MPAARating Not Rated (original release)
musicBy Bronislau Kaper
Erich Zeisl
notableFor being one of the first Hollywood films to show documentary footage of Nazi concentration camps
suspenseful story about a Nazi fugitive hiding in a small Connecticut town
originalLanguage English
partOf Orson Welles filmography
plotSummary A Nazi fugitive hides in a small Connecticut town under an assumed identity while being pursued by a war crimes investigator.
producer Sam Spiegel
productionCompany International Pictures
releaseDateUS 1946-07-02
releaseYear 1946
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Anthony Veiller
settingLocation Connecticut
fictional town of Harper, Connecticut
starred Billy House
Edward G. Robinson
Loretta Young
Orson Welles
Philip Merivale
Richard Long
uncreditedWriter John Huston
Orson Welles

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Russell Metty notableWork The Stranger
Russell Metty workedOn The Stranger
Anthony Veiller notableWork The Stranger
Anthony Veiller wrote The Stranger