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Stranger on the Third Floor(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-08-16
65%
98 Votes
Time: 1h 4m
Overview:
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $171,200.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Stranger on the Third Floor
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Briggs' Defense Attorney
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Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Release Date
1940-08-16
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