Love from a Stranger (1947 film)
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Richard Whorf Music director Hans J. Salter Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance Screenplay Philip MacDonald Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date November 15, 1947 (1947-11-15) (United States) Based on the play Love from a Stranger
the short-story "Philomel Cottage"
by Frank Vosper
Agatha Christie Writer Philip MacDonald (screenplay), Frank Vosper (play), Agatha Christie (story) Cast John Hodiak (Manuel Cortez), Sylvia Sidney (Cecily Harrington), Ann Richards (Mavis Wilson), John Howard (Nigel Lawrence), Isobel Elsom (Auntie Loo-Loo), Ernest Cossart (Billings)Similar movies The Morning After (1986), Rebecca (1940), Sylvia Sidney appears in Love from a Stranger and Sabotage, Stolen (2010), Strangers on a Train (1951) Tagline He lied, cheated, and killed all in the name of love. |
Love from a Stranger is a 1947 American film directed by Richard Whorf and starring John Hodiak and Sylvia Sidney. The film is also known as A Stranger Walked In in the United Kingdom.
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Love from a stranger
Plot
A woman fears her new husband will kill her.
Cast
Critical response
Thomas M. Pryor, the film critic at The New York Times, gave the film a lukewarm review. He wrote, "It may well be that some will find a modicum of excitement in Love From a Stranger. But the average moviegoer is a pretty 'hep' customer and the chances are he will be so far ahead of the story that its climactic scene will explode with all the thunder of a cap pistol."
Critic Craig Butler also had problems with the film, mostly the script. He wrote, "A moderately entertaining mystery flick (the story of which was better served when it was originally filmed in 1937), Love from a Stranger is an adequate but unexciting way to spend an hour and a half or so. Stranger wants to be a clever thriller, and it starts out well. Unfortunately, about halfway through it becomes rather obvious, and so the necessary suspense is simply lacking."
References
Love from a Stranger (1947 film) WikipediaLove from a Stranger (1947 film) IMDb Love from a Stranger (1947 film) themoviedb.org