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Title:
The Stranger
Synopsis:
With Film Noir Collection
The Stranger is often considered Orson Welles’ most ”traditional” Hollywood-style directorial effort. Welles plays a college professor named Charles Rankin, who lives in a pastoral Connecticut town with his lovely wife Mary (Loretta Young). One afternoon, an extremely nervous German gentleman named Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) arrives in town. Professor Rankin seems disturbed--but not unduly so--by Meineke’s presence. He invites the stranger for a walk in the woods, and as they journey farther and farther away from the center of town, we learn that kindly professor Rankin is actually notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. Conscience-stricken by his own genocidal wartime activities, Meineke has come to town to beg his ex-superior Kindler to give himself up. The professor responds by brutally murdering his old associate. If Kindler believes himself safe--and he has every reason to do so, since no one in town, especially Mary, has any inkling of his previous life--he will change his mind in a hurry when mild-mannered war crimes commissioner Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) pays a visit, posing as an antiques dealer.
The Stranger is often considered Orson Welles’ most ”traditional” Hollywood-style directorial effort. Welles plays a college professor named Charles Rankin, who lives in a pastoral Connecticut town with his lovely wife Mary (Loretta Young). One afternoon, an extremely nervous German gentleman named Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) arrives in town. Professor Rankin seems disturbed--but not unduly so--by Meineke’s presence. He invites the stranger for a walk in the woods, and as they journey farther and farther away from the center of town, we learn that kindly professor Rankin is actually notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. Conscience-stricken by his own genocidal wartime activities, Meineke has come to town to beg his ex-superior Kindler to give himself up. The professor responds by brutally murdering his old associate. If Kindler believes himself safe--and he has every reason to do so, since no one in town, especially Mary, has any inkling of his previous life--he will change his mind in a hurry when mild-mannered war crimes commissioner Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) pays a visit, posing as an antiques dealer.
Format:
DVD
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Movie Release Year:
1946
Rating:
NR
Barcode:
796019748599
Genre:
Drama
Film Noir
Thriller
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Show Type:
Movie
Date Added:
2018-02-07 21:26:36
Original Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Actors:
Orson Welles
Philip Merivale
Loretta Young
Richard Long
Martha Wentworth
Billy House
Byron Keith
Konstantin Shayne
Edward G. Robinson
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Directors:
Orson Welles
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Black & White:
Yes
Runtime:
95
Country of Purchase:
United States
Release Date:
1946-05-25
Studios:
RKO Radio
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Resolution:
480i
Item Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Discs:
2
Region:
1
Packaging:
Keep Case
Extras:
Audio Commentary
Theatrical Trailers
Photo Gallery
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Automatic Estimated Value:
~$7.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-08-03
Date Added:
2018-02-07 21:26:36
