The stranger or the intruder, an american film by roger corman, starring william shatner the stranger 1967 film, a film based on camuss novel and directed by luchino visconti the stranger 1973 film or stranded in space, a sciencefiction tv pilot starring glenn corbett. While it may be missing his cinematic genius, the stranger 1946 is a topnotch thriller and the only film he. Set connecticut after world war ii, the stranger is a cat and mouse game between wilson edward g. An investigator from the war crimes commission travels to connecticut to find an infamous nazi. Reevaluating orson welless nearperfect stranger the.
The stranger was the third orson welles directorial effort to see the light of day and the dark of cinema screens, following citizen kane 1941 and the magnificent ambersons 1942. However, orson has stated that this is his least favorite of his films. Aside from citizen kane and the magnificent ambersons, i think this. The stranger is socko melodrama, spinning an intriguing web of thrills and chills. From the beginning we get to know who the real bad guy is. It is welless third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, about a war crimes investigator tracking a highranking nazi fugitive to a connecticut town.
Orson welles the stranger free online, where 1940s film noir. Mar 29, 2020 the stranger is a 1946 american film noir starring edward g. After the controversial debut of citizen kane and the poor performance of his second directorial effort, the magnificent ambersons, orson welles found it hard to get work as a director. Welles completed the stranger under budget and on time. It is welless third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, 4 about a war crimes investigator tracking a highranking nazi fugitive to a connecticut town. A member of the war crimes commission is seeking the mastermind of the holocaust, who has changed his identity. The producers, led by sam spiegel, cut many of welless favorite, more complex scenes. Director joseph ruben the good son has been tapped to helm a remake of.
Orson welless 1946 film reproduces his personal themes of selfscrutiny and. Aside from citizen kane and the magnificent ambersons, i think this potent film noir is his most enjoyablecertainly more so than the ugly lady from shanghai or the overbaked and convoluted touch of evil. Orson welless 1946 film reproduces his personal themes of selfscrutiny and selfdestruction only in outline, though it is an inventive. The plot follows kristen and james scott speedman whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked criminals who infiltrate the home. The stranger orson welles 1946 vostfr english subtitles. The coronavirus crisis in seattle is a major threat to the strangers ability to keep the city informed.
Too late for tears 1949 full movie lizabeth scott, dan duryea, don defore. The strange woman is an american film directed by edgar g. Robinson, loretta young and orson welles, of palace renegades is criterion bill at loews criterion by bosley crowther july 11, 1946. The stranger not rated 1h 35min crime, drama, filmnoir august 1946 usa an investigator from the war crimes commission travels to connecticut to find an infamous nazi.
It is welless third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, about a war. Sep 03, 2014 the stranger 1946 posted on september 3, 2014 by 4starfilmfan in a whirlwind, the film goes from a moody foreign locale to a quaint american town called harper, but it never ceases to be a gripping film noir. You are just not sure what is going to happen next. Charles rankin is a professor in a respectable connecticut town about to marry the daughter of a u. This article is about the novel by albert camus known as the outsider in british english and the stranger in american english.
The stranger is often considered orson welles most. Street date august 29, 2017 available through the olive films website 29. 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. The performances in this film are for the most part. The stranger is a 1946 american film noir starring edward g. Jul 21, 2012 if you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Film noir mystery film geregisseerd door orson welles. It was released in may of 1946 and performed quite well at the boxoffice, earning an academy award nomination for, ironically, best original screenplay. Robinson in this legendary dark masterpiece, orson welles stars as franz kindler, a horrific nazi war criminal who has painstakingly erased all. On the contrary, i think adding more might make the film sluggish.
I have always loved this film and i always search for the best quality print i can find. Immediately following world war ii, exnazi franz kindler orson welles is living under a false identity as a teacher in a small connecticut town, and has even married the headmasters daughter. Three strangers is a 1946 american film noir crime drama directed by jean negulesco, written by john huston and howard koch, starring sydney greenstreet, geraldine fitzgerald, and peter lorre, and featuring joan lorring and alan napier. Orson welless 1946 film reproduces his personal themes of selfscrutiny and selfdestruction only in outline, though it is an inventive, highly enjoyable thriller. More importantly, it proved to hollywood that welles was a bankable director, and paved the way for his next film, the lady from shanghai.
But first, i suggest you look to the top of this post and watch 1946 s the stranger, a far more mainstream picture for one can hardly travel farther from the mainstream than f for fake, and in fact the only welles film to meet with immediate box office success. The coronavirus crisis in seattle is a major threat to the stranger s ability to keep the city informed. The stranger is a 1946 filmnoir starring orson welles, edward g. Directed by edgar g ulmer and at times i could see some hitchcock influence in this movie, women havent changed much since 1946 as. While attending a film festival in taiwan, an exiledfromchina filmmaker gong zhe takes the opportunity to secretly reunite with her mainlander mother via the chaos of a. Ulmer, starring hedy lamarr, and released by united. Nov 18, 2012 the nazi thing seems to be a bit overdone, but this is a comment coming from 2012. Welles earliest take on film noir preceding the lady from shanghai 1947, and touch of evil. Considering what it shows, that may come as a surprise. The strange woman 1946 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Een voortvluchtige nazi probeert in connecticut zijn identiteit verborgen te houden. Robinson that tracks a nazi criminal welles hidden in a small american town. The stranger was the first hollywood film to use real footage from world war ii concentration camps. Robinson, loretta young, orson welles, philip merivale, richard long, konstantin shayne, billy house. It has so much going for it, such as an excellent premise, a. As much as i hate to admit it, orson welles the stranger is a pretty unremarkable film. And now, in his new film, the stranger, which he directed and in which he plays the title role, he is proving.
Herein are dark and light, shadows, black corners, askew angles, exaggerated perspectives and, equally necessary, a moody, depressing story line about disreputable individualsat least two in this case, not counting a minor offender, a crafty, checkerplaying drug store proprietor. Siff guide all films seattle international film festival. So rankin kills this little old man and buries his body in the forest. A reformed serial killer working as a professor at a small town is visited by a former partner who want him to kill again. Rentals include 7 days to start watching this video and 7 days to finish once started. His 1946 thriller, the stranger was plagued with cuts and missing footage which many feel contributed to welles listing this as his least favorite picture. Robinson, a member of the allied war crimes commission and franz kindler orson welles, a nazi who has assumed the false identity of dr. An earnest convert to christianity, who once ran a nazi concentration camp, is capable of exposing him. The imdb trivia page says this is orson welless least favorite and least personal film. Wilson of the war crimes commission is seeking franz kindler, mastermind of the holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. The stranger 1946 full movie orson welles, loretta young. The stranger 1946 full movie orson welles, loretta. Joseph ruben to direct the stranger, a remake of orson welles 1946 noir crime drama by dave trumbore october 1, 2012.
The most deceitful man a woman ever loved orson welles plays an escaped nazi war criminal. Oct 10, 2010 in fact, only one film with welles as the credited director managed a profit when it was released. An uncredited john huston had a large hand in the development of the script. Welles was a genius who had a large as well as problematic career. Wilson releases kindlers former comrade meinike and follows him to harper, connecticut, where he is killed before he. Public domain expressionistic film by orson welles about an investigator edward g. Oct, 20 the stranger 1946 orson welles is one of the preeminent directors worldwide, and yet the troubled production histories of his film output are just as tremendous. See the article in its original context from july 11, 1946, page 0 buy reprints. The strangers is a 2008 american slasher film written and directed by bryan bertino. Something as simple as that bit of context can make a film more enjoyable for me. Director orson welles gives the production a fast, suspenseful development, drawing every advantage from the hard. Production lasted from late september until 21 november 1945, with the picture released the following july.
As a viewer i feel that the film is compact and taut. May 14, 2011 in 1946, when the stranger was made, that style, given its name by the french, was much in vogue. After the boxoffice failures of his first two films, citizen kane 1941 and the magnificent ambersons 1942, orson welles was forced to operate within the confines of studioimposed restrictions in order to secure hollywoods funding for his third film, the stranger 1946. He took a few years off to focus on acting and starting a family before returning to the directors chair for the 1946 film the stranger. The stranger 1946 is a topnotch thriller and the only film he directed that was a bona fide box office hit. It is the first hollywood film to present documentary footage of the.
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