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The Gaunt Stranger


Date: 1938
Type: Crime thriller
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Walter Forde
Producer: Michael Balcon

Comment/Synopsis

A supposedly dead criminal threatens to kill a lawyer. The killer is a master of disguise when when his wife appears the police try and protect the man. The script is not great and it is not helped by the comic elements and the various side characters. The acting is not the best with Louise Henry wandering in and out in some impressive outfits. Not a classic British thriller, based on the novel The RInger by Edgar Wallace.

Actors


Sonnie HaleSonnie Hale
Wilfred Lawson
Louise Henry
Patrick BarrPatrick Barr
Alexander KnoxAlexander Knox
John LongdenJohn Longden
Peter Croft
Patricia RocPatricia Roc
George MerrittGeorge Merritt
Arthur Hambling
Charles Eaton

Oscars

None
Production
Ealing Studios