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Not as a Stranger

Duration:

135 min

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Stanley Kramer

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: California Studios - 5530 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

King Donovan

Harry Lauter

Olivia de Havilland

Kristina Hedvigson

Robert Mitchum

Lucas Marsh

Frank Sinatra

Alfred Boone

Gloria Grahame

Harriet Lang

Broderick Crawford

Dr. Aarons

Charles Bickford

Dr. Dave Runkleman

Myron McCormick

Dr. Snider

Lon Chaney Jr.

Job Marsh (as Lon Chaney)

Jesse White

Ben Cosgrove

Harry Morgan

Oley

Lee Marvin

Brundage

Virginia Christine

Bruni

Whit Bissell

Dr. Dietrich

Jack Raine

Dr. Lettering

Mae Clarke

Nurse Odell

William Vedder

Carlisle Emmons

John Dierkes

Bursar

Al Murphy

Patient Being Restrained (scenes deleted)

David Alpert

Ear, Nose & Throat Intern (uncredited)

Robert Bailey

Charlie - Patient in Recovery Ward (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Mrs. Fields (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Mr. Clyde (uncredited)

Marlo Dwyer

Patient (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Goddard

Morgan (uncredited)

Paul Guilfoyle

Mr. Burke (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey

Policeman (uncredited)

Jimmy Hawkins

Boy (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Sam (uncredited)

Gertrude Hoffman

Mrs. Payton (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Greenville Patient Reading in Bed (uncredited)

Frank Jenks

Mr. Parrish

Donald Kerr

Greenville Patient Getting Chest Exam (uncredited)

Nancy Kulp

Gertrude - patient0 (uncredited)

Eve McVeagh

Mrs. Ferris (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Patient (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Mrs. Clara Bassett (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz

Nurse Attendant (uncredited)

Scotty Morrow

Mrs. Fields' Son (uncredited)

Dorothy Neumann

Patient (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Greenville Patient (uncredited)

Jerry Paris

Thompson (uncredited)

Bob Perry

Man in Typhoid Immunization Line (uncredited)

Stafford Repp

Orientation Doctor (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgeway

Sidewalk Extra Outside Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Harry Shannon

Ed - 67 Year Old Patient (uncredited)

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Unexpected Father (uncredited)

Irene Tedrow

Nurse Snow (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

Lou, Pharmaceutical Salesman (uncredited)

Mack Williams

Man with Cast (uncredited)

Will Wright

Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The four operations that are shown are a laminectomy, a subtotal gastrectomy, plastic surgery on a hand, and an aortal aneurysm.

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Olivia de Havilland and Robert Mitchum prepared for their roles by attending eight operations. Broderick Crawford attended an autopsy for his autopsy scene and promptly got sick.

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This is one of the first films where an actual human heart is seen beating during open-heat surgery.

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Goofs

As a nurse, Kristina might have known that she should avoid being exposed to a typhoid patient while pregnant.

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When Alfred is in the ambulance and notes that it was tough for Lucas to come down to the hospital, his position changes depending between the shots looking back at Lucas and the closer shot of him.

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When Lucas is at the ranch at night, the horse (mare) whinnies without moving its mouth at all.

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Quotes

Dr. Aarons: I can see the picture you got of yourself already... a country road and an old Ford. It's a white house and you are Saint George complete in spotless armor. You get to a farmhouse. There's this man bleeding to death. Now alone, without instruments, without assistance, you perform an impossible operation, and because your heart is pure, you save him.

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Dr. Aarons: [to the interns in the operating theater] I have been a pathologist for over 25 years. I haven't gotten a single laugh out of it yet.

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Dr. Aarons: [Saying farewell to his graduating interns] Good-bye and God bless all of you... and don't endorse any cigarettes!

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