The Stranger (Remastered Edition) (Blu-ray)
The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 15, 2013
- Originally Released: 1946
- Label: Kino Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson & Loretta Young | |
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:
They are backed by a smooth production, of brains and taste, and by a script that skillfully conceals the gaping holes in its mesh of intrigue.
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Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Rating: 5/5 --
The Stranger holds up incredibly well and serves as a reminder that Welles could craft a visual narrative unlike anyone else of his era, truly redefining cinema as we know it to this day.
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FanboyNation.com
Film noir thriller, made with typical Welles creativity and visual style.
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Classic Film and Television
Welles' third film, often described as his worst, but still a hugely enjoyable thriller.
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Time Out
[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
Orson Welles's 1946 film reproduces his personal themes of self-scrutiny and self-destruction only in outline, though it is an inventive, highly enjoyable thriller.
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Chicago Reader
Refreshingly minor, the film is an auteurist's dream, developing some of Welles's signature themes and moods without smothering you with its Greatness.
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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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