The Stranger

It's 1946 and Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Charles Rankin/Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), mastermind of the Holocaust, in Harper, Connecticut. Kindler has effectively erased his identity prior to his escape to the United States where he has secured a job as a professor and taken a new wife (Loretta Young).

Wilson releases Kindler's former lieutenant Meinike (Konstantin Shayne) and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where Meinke is strangled to death before he can identify Kindler to Wilson.

Wilson must now try to identify his suspect through Mrs. Mary Rankin who is the only person to have seen Rakin and Meinke meet. Rankin/Kindler suspecting that Wilson is closing in on his identity hopes to count on his wife's faithfulness to keep him free, but her "sub-conscious" desire for truth undermines Rakins efforts.

Directed by Orson Wells from a screenplay written by Victor Travis.

Partial Cast List

Edward G. Robinson....Mr. Wilson

Loretta Young..............Mary Longstreet Rankin

Orson Welles..............Franz Kindler A.K.A. Professor Charles Rankin

Philip Merivale.............Judge Adam Longstreet (Mary's father)

Richard Long...............Noah Longstreet (Mary's brother)

Konstantin Shayne.......Konrad Meinike

Byron Keith.................Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence

Billy House..................Mr. Potter

Martha Wentworth........Sara