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Rachel and the Stranger

1948 · 93 min

A gentle frontier drama that slowly warms into romance, with a sudden burst of siege tension to keep you leaning in.

Tagline
Once was a man, a married man... Who couldn't see the danger Until one day, one fateful day... Along came a Tall, Dark Stranger!
Overview
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • survival
Places
  • wilderness
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
western, romance
Directed by
Norman Foster
Written by
Waldo Salt
Starring
Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum, Gary Gray, Tom Tully, Sara Haden, Frank Ferguson, Walter Baldwin
Music
Roy Webb
Cinematography
Maury Gertsman
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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