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Stranger on the Third Floor

1940 · 64 min

A tight, shadowy nightmare of doubt and pursuit, dreamlike and unsettling, with a compact B-movie urgency that lingers.

Directed by
Boris Ingster
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet
Overview
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

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Directed by
Boris Ingster
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • justice
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Boris Ingster
Written by
Nathanael West, Frank Partos
Starring
Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Charles Waldron, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles Halton, Ethel Griffies, Cliff Clark
Music
Roy Webb
Cinematography
Nicholas Musuraca
Runtime
64 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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