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Stranger on the Third Floor

Year:

1940

Duration:

64 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Boris Ingster

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1940-08-16

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

Peter Lorre

The Stranger

John McGuire

Michael 'Mike' Ward

Margaret Tallichet

Jane

Charles Waldron

District Attorney

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Briggs

Charles Halton

Albert Meng

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Kane, Michael's Landlady

Cliff Clark

Martin

Oscar O'Shea

The Judge

Alec Craig

Briggs' Defense Attorney

Otto Hoffman

Charles Evans, the Police Surgeon

Lee Bonnell

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Detective (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Postman (uncredited)

William Edmunds

Gardener (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Woman Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Greta Granstedt

Housekeeper (uncredited)

John Harmon

Thin-Faced Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

Detective (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.

Charlie, the Third Cab Driver (uncredited)

Gladden James

Tom, a Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Judels

Nick Nanbajan, the Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Jane Keckley

Angry Awakened Landlady (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Man Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Paul McVey

Detective Lieutenant Jones (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Policeman (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

Minister in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

Bud Osborne

Bartender (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgeway

Customer at Nick's (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Mr. McLean, Jane's Boss (uncredited)

Dick Rush

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)

Bess Wade

Court Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Catherine Wallace

Woman (uncredited)

Robert Weldon

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Yaconelli

Jack, Coffee Shop Owner (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Peter Lorre owed RKO two days on his contract and was given this role with few scenes and few lines, but received top billing.

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In the three film generally rolled around by film historians as the 'first Film Noir,' M, Stranger on the Third Floor and The Maltese Falcon, Peter Lorre stars in all three.

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Composer Roy Webb recycled the main theme in "Murder My Sweet."

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Goofs

When Ward rushes out of his apartment to phone Jane, he is not wearing a tie. But when he picks up the phone,he is.

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on the rainy night when Ward and Jane for the first time go to the room he's renting we may notice different water stains on his coat in consequent shots. The left sleeve is dry before they enter the room, once they get inside coat's sleeves are wet.

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When Jane leaves the coffee shop to follow the Stranger, the shades on the doors are shown to be higher from the outside than they were from the inside.

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Quotes

District Attorney: [while he's shaving] So now, you believe both murders were committed by the same man, ay?

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The Stranger: I want a couple of hamburgers... and I'd like them raw.

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Michael Ward: [Referrig to Meng] Did you ever want to kill a man?

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