Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Grave, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Peter LorreThe Stranger
- John McGuireMichael Ward
- Margaret TallichetJane
- Charles WaldronDistrict Attorney
- Elisha Cook Jr.Joe Briggs
- Charles HaltonAlbert Meng
- Ethel GriffiesMrs. Kane
- Cliff ClarkMartin
- Oscar O'SheaThe Judge
- Alec CraigDefense Attorney
Crew
- Boris IngsterDirector
- Frank PartosScreenplay
- Nathanael WestWriter
- Nicholas MusuracaDirector of Photography
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
- Harry MarkerEditor
- Lee S. MarcusProducer
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