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The Stranger Director: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale

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  • DVD Release Date: 07/10/2007
  • Original Release: 1946
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 24,377

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Disc #1 -- The Stranger
1. Main Titles/Let Him Escape [2:11]
2. A Message for Franz [7:44]
3. Perfect Camouflage [8:38]
4. Town Gossip [6:17]
5. Above Suspicion [8:01]
6. Second Thoughts [5:28]
7. The Stranger [10:23]
8. Rankin Confesses [6:25]
9. Mary's Dilemma [3:04]
10. Nazi Mastermind [:22]
11. Harsh Facts [5:07]
12. The Good Wife [3:23]
13. Gracious Hostess [2:09]
14. Death Warrant [3:50]
15. Secret Meeting [2:22]
16. The Ladder [5:06]
17. The Ugly Truth [3:04]
18. Mary's Decision [3:14]
19. Closing In [2:25]
20. The Clock Tower [3:36]

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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. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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All's Welles that ends Wellesby Hugo-Z-Hackenbush

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December 20, 2008: This is just a great movie, especially for Noir lovers. Dark, foreboding, and evil, Orson welles character, Charles Rankin, cloaks himself in new identity, in a smalltown that seems untouched by time. The supporting cast is terrific, and Edward G. Robinson as an almost jaded war crimes investigator, and Welles Nemisis, is excellent. Welles dinnertable speech alone is enough to reccomend the movie.

I Also Recommend: Orson Welles: Hello Americans.

Worth watchingby Anonymous

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February 04, 2003: This is a very good film-noir, albeit one of the lesser known ones, but a good one. Orson Welles is an escaped Nazi war criminal named Franz Kindler who hides out in a bucolic Connecticut town. He becomes a teacher at a prep school for boys and marries the headmaster's lovely but clueless daughter (Loretta Young) who gives a great performance. Edward G. Robinson is also terrific in his respective role as a war crimes commissioner who is hot on Franz Kindler's trail. The two play a cat & mouse game that ends in a dramatic climax atop the town?s clock tower. The film may sometimes seem forced and over melodramatic but, I believe this helps to enhance the dark and brooding atmosphere. Also starring are Richard Long and Martha Wentworth. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

This review was written about the DVD Black & White edition.