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Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor1940

★6.564 minCrimeDramaMystery

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Director

Writer

Frank Partos Nathanael West

Score

Stars

Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet

Cast50

Peter Lorre
as The Stranger
John McGuire
as Michael Ward
Margaret Tallichet
as Jane
C
Charles Waldron
as District Attorney
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Joe Briggs
Charles Halton
as Albert Meng
Ethel Griffies
as Mrs. Kane
Cliff Clark
as Martin
Oscar O'Shea
as The Judge
Alec Craig
as Defense Attorney
Otto Hoffman
as Police Surgeon
Bobby Barber
as Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Lee Bonnell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
as Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)
Helen Chapman
as Woman (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
as Detective (uncredited)
R
Ray Cooke
as Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
as Postman (uncredited)
William Edmunds
as Gardener (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
as Woman Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Greta Granstedt
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
John Harmon
as Thin-Faced Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
as Detective (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
as Charlie, the Third Cab Driver (uncredited)
Gladden James
as Tom, a Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Judels
as Nick Nanbajan, the Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Jane Keckley
as Angry Awakened Landlady (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Man Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
P
Philip Kieffer
as Juror #3 (uncredited)
Paul McVey
as Detective Lieutenant Jones (uncredited)
B
Bruce Mitchell
as Policeman in Court (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Policeman (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
as Minister in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
as Bartender (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
as Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
as Customer at Nick's (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
as Mr. McLean, Jane's Boss (uncredited)
D
Dick Rush
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
as Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
as Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)
B
Bess Wade
as Court Scrubwoman (uncredited)
C
Catherine Wallace
as Woman (uncredited)
David Wayne
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
R
Robert Weldon
as Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
as Jack, Coffee Shop Owner (uncredited)

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