The Stranger (1946)
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"Blossoming cinephiles who get around to The Stranger later in life may be startled by the film they actually see after potentially hearing of its mediocrity as a reflection of director Orson Welles’s desire to achieve a functional worker-for-hire anonymity following the brilliant but unprofitable one-two punch of Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons. No, The Stranger isn’t exhilarating in the same fashion as those earlier films, or the later Falstaff or Touch of Evil; its technical vir"

"Orson Welles and Edward G. Robinson Orson Welles as Professor Charles Rankin"

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" Amazon Prime- 1hr. 34min. First Viewing There's a great idea behind The Stranger, one that could easily be made into a thrilling mystery/thriller, but this film just isn't adept enough to handle it. The cast is solid, and Welles's innovative camera work can be seen here, albeit slightly (admittedly, the cut of this film that I saw had not be cleaned or remastered at all, so it looked pretty damn rough), but the story just languishes; nothing happens for long periods of time and, when it does, t"