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The Stranger starring ORSON WELLES & EDWARD G. ROBINSON – Full Complete Film Noir Movie

The Stranger starring ORSON WELLES & EDWARD G. ROBINSON – Full Complete Film Noir Movie.

American film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, Edward G. Robinson, and Loretta Young. The film was based on an Oscar-nominated screenplay written by Victor Trivas. Sam Spiegel was the film’s producer, and the film’s musical score is by Bronisław Kaper. It is believed that this is the first film released after World War II that showed footage of Nazi concentration camps. The film was made by International Pictures, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Also stars Loretta Young. Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for a Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a war criminal who has erased all evidence which might identify him. He has assumed a new identity, Charles Rankin, and has become a prep school teacher in a small town in the United States. He has married Mary Longstreet (Loretta Young), daughter of Supreme Court Justice Adam Longstreet.