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Stranger on the Third Floor

6.5109 votes19401h 4mReleased

Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

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

Director: Boris Ingster
Released: 16 August 1940
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
IMDb: View listing

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Peter Lorre
The Stranger
John McGuire
Michael Ward
Margaret Tallichet
Jane
Charles Waldron
District Attorney
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Briggs
Charles Halton
Albert Meng

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Kane

Cliff Clark

Martin

Oscar O'Shea

The Judge

Alec Craig

Defense Attorney

Otto Hoffman

Police Surgeon

Bobby Barber

Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

Vince Barnett

Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Lee Bonnell

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)

Helen Chapman

Woman (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Detective (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Postman (uncredited)

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