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Orson Welles plays an escaped Nazi war criminal. After the war, he fled to the United States and assumed the name of Charles Rankin. Engaged to the unsuspecting daughter of a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and posing as a college professor, he had the perfect cover. No one would think to look for a notorious Nazi war criminal in the sacred precincts of the Harper's School...



The Stranger (1946)
Released: 25 May 1946
Runtime: 95 min
Rated: APPROVED
Director: Orson Welles
Writer(s): Anthony Veiller (screenplay), Victor Trivas (adaptation), Decla Dunning (adaptation), Victor Trivas (story)
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
IMDB Ratings: 7.4



Plot: Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler's former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson's only clue is Kindler's fascination with antique clocks; but, though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.