The Stranger (Blu-ray)
The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!
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Blu-ray Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 29, 2017
- Originally Released: 1946
- Label: Olive
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young & Orson Welles | |
Performer: | Billy House, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Byron Keith, Martha Wentworth, Konstantin Shayne & Isabel O'Madigan | |
Directed by | Orson Welles | |
Edited by | Ernest Nims | |
Screenplay by | Anthony Veiller, John Huston & Orson Welles | |
Composition by | Bronislau Kaper | |
Art Direction by | Perry Ferguson | |
Story by | Victor Trivas, John Huston & Decla Dunning | |
Produced by | S.P. Eagle & Sam Spiegel | |
Director of Photography: | Russell Metty |
Entertainment Reviews:
Film noir thriller, made with typical Welles creativity and visual style.
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Classic Film and Television
Refreshingly minor, the film is an auteurist's dream, developing some of Welles's signature themes and moods without smothering you with its Greatness.
Film Comment
The famous Welles attention to texture and detail, long missing from THE STRANGER, is back with a vengeance...
New York Times
[Welles] has performed a leading role sensibly and directed the whole in a manner which proves he is the master of a number of effective cinematic tricks.
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Washington Star
Rating: 7/10 --
Welles might not have had control in the editing room, but he indulged his penchant for long takes with the able assistance of ace cinematographer Russell Metty,
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Movie Metropolis
Welles' third film, often described as his worst, but still a hugely enjoyable thriller.
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Time Out
The Stranger is socko melodrama, spinning an intriguing web of thrills and chills.
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Variety
Product Description:
THE STRANGER: Orson Welles directed and starred in THE STRANGER, a tense black-and-white thriller that Welles made for maverick producer Sam Spiegel. Welles portrays Charles Rankin, a respected academic at a prominent Connecticut college. He seems to have the perfect life: a beautiful new wife, Mary (Loretta Young); and a charming home in a small town that holds him in high esteem. Enter Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), a detective on the hunt for Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. The appearance of Mr. Wilson threatens to reveal that underneath this idyllic veneer is a secret that could tear everything apart.
Although many of Welles's most interesting scenes wound up on the cutting-room floor when Spiegel reedited the film, THE STRANGER is still multilayered, complex, and fascinating. The scenes between Welles and Robinson are intellectually gripping, leading up to the stylized, shocking conclusion. As with so many of Welles's films, he was unhappy with the final result, but the viewer won't be. It would be most interesting to see the film as Welles intended it to be, but in the meantime, this version of THE STRANGER is a marvel.
Although many of Welles's most interesting scenes wound up on the cutting-room floor when Spiegel reedited the film, THE STRANGER is still multilayered, complex, and fascinating. The scenes between Welles and Robinson are intellectually gripping, leading up to the stylized, shocking conclusion. As with so many of Welles's films, he was unhappy with the final result, but the viewer won't be. It would be most interesting to see the film as Welles intended it to be, but in the meantime, this version of THE STRANGER is a marvel.
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- Sales Rank: 64,243
- UPC: 887090136815
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