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The Stranger (1946) - Movie Review! #388
:::a clock tower chimes in the distance:::
Josh hosts the oldest movie we've ever covered!
Pappy, Stevie, $Mikey, Brett and Kylo are all in tow. Orson Welles directs and stars in it plus it has our boy, Edward G. Robinson.
:::1946's music plays wistfully in the background:::
*Additional music by WOLFTRON
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Immediately following World War II, ex-Nazi Franz Kindler (Orson Welles) is living under a false identity as a teacher in a small Connecticut town, and has even married the headmaster's daughter (Loretta Young) as part of his cover. But when one of Kindler's old German associates (Konstantin Shayne)… MORE
Initial release: May 25, 1946
Director: Orson Welles
Story by: Victor Trivas
Music by: Bronisław Kaper
Box office: $3.22 million; 931,868 admissions (France)
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Story, Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia per il miglior film
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