The Stranger

Autumn in a New England college town, a pocket watch stops at 3:17. A man in a hat buys milk at dawn; another counts cracks in the sidewalk, lips moving silently. Classic noir paranoia, if noir wore tweed and quoted the Constitution over breakfast.

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Orson Welles directed The Stranger in 1946. See Orson Welles's full filmography, where to start with Orson Welles, or where to go after you've seen everything by Orson Welles.

The Stranger was released in 1946 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.