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Stranger on the Third Floor

6.519401h 4mMovieCrimeDramaMystery

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

DirectorBoris Ingster
WritersFrank Partos·Nathanael West
ProducerLee S. Marcus

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Cast · Directed by Boris Ingster

PLPeter Lorre
Peter Lorre
The Stranger
JMJohn McGuire
John McGuire
Michael Ward
MTMargaret Tallichet
Margaret Tallichet
Jane
CW
Charles Waldron
District Attorney
EJElisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Briggs
CHCharles Halton
Charles Halton
Albert Meng
EGEthel Griffies
Ethel Griffies
Mrs. Kane
CCCliff Clark
Cliff Clark
Martin
OOOscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea
The Judge
ACAlec Craig
Alec Craig
Defense Attorney
OHOtto Hoffman
Otto Hoffman
Police Surgeon
BBBobby Barber
Bobby Barber
Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

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