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Stranger On The Third Floor


Date: 1940
Type: Crime / Film noir
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Boris Ingster
Producer: Lee Marcus

Comment/Synopsis

The testimony of a reporter sends an innocent man to prison but then afterwards the reporter is then suspected of a murder in the same circumstances. This is a dark, gritty psychological thriller that is regarded as one of the first film noir style of films. It has many of the features that later characterised that style and also has a curious dream sequence.

Actors

Peter LorrePeter Lorre
John McGuire
Margaret Tallichet
Charles Waldron
Elisha Cook JrElisha Cook Jr
Charles Halton
Ethel Griffies
Cliff ClarkCliff Clark
Oscar O'Shea
Alec Craig
Otto Hoffman

Oscars

None
Production
RKO Radio Pictures