Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)


  • Genre: Mystery, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1940-08-16
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 95 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 4min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Boris Ingster
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Summary

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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  • Peter Lorre

    as The Stranger
  • John McGuire

    as Michael Ward
  • Margaret Tallichet

    as Jane
  • 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 Briggs' Defense Attorney
  • Otto Hoffman

    as Charles Evans
  • Bobby Barber

    as Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
  • Lee Bonnell

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Harry C. Bradley

    as Court Clerk (uncredited)
  • Lynton Brent

    as Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)
  • Jack Cheatham

    as Detective (uncredited)
  • 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)
  • Paul McVey

    as Detective Lieutenant Jones (uncredited)
  • 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)
  • Dick Rush

    as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
  • Ralph Sanford

    as Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)
  • Herb Vigran

    as Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)
  • Bess Wade

    as Court Scrubwoman (uncredited)
  • Catherine Wallace

    as Woman (uncredited)
  • Robert Weldon

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Frank Yaconelli

    as Jack, Coffee Shop Owner (uncredited)
Production Lee S. Marcus Producer
Sound Roy Webb Original Music Composer
Writing Frank Partos Screenplay
Camera Nicholas Musuraca Director of Photography
Directing Boris Ingster Director
Costume & Make-Up Renié Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Mel Berns Makeup Artist
Writing Nathanael West Writer
Art Van Nest Polglase Art Direction

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