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Stranger on the Third Floor(1940)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Status: Released
Release date: 1940-08-16
Runtime: 1h 4m
Rating: 6.5 / 10 (108 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: -
Budget: $171,200
Revenue: -
Popularity: 2
Adult content: No

Overview

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Crew highlights

Directors

Boris Ingster

Writers

Frank Partos - Screenplay
Nathanael West - Writer
Frank Partos - Story

Producers

Lee S. Marcus

Cast

Peter Lorre portrait

Peter Lorre

The Stranger

John McGuire portrait

John McGuire

Michael Ward

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) | teasertrack

Margaret Tallichet portrait

Margaret Tallichet

Jane

Charles Waldron

District Attorney

Elisha Cook Jr. portrait

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Briggs

Charles Halton portrait

Charles Halton

Albert Meng

Ethel Griffies portrait

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Kane

Cliff Clark portrait

Cliff Clark

Martin

Oscar O'Shea portrait

Oscar O'Shea

The Judge

Alec Craig portrait

Alec Craig

Defense Attorney

Otto Hoffman portrait

Otto Hoffman

Police Surgeon

Bobby Barber portrait

Bobby Barber

Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

Vince Barnett portrait

Vince Barnett

Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Lee Bonnell portrait

Lee Bonnell

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley portrait

Harry C. Bradley

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Lynton Brent portrait

Lynton Brent

Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)

Helen Chapman

Woman (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham portrait

Jack Cheatham

Detective (uncredited)

Production details

Production companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Countries

United States of America

Spoken languages

English

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