Affair with a Stranger

Jun 20, 1953

1h 29m

★ 4.3

Kiss and run... that's the game you played... Was it fun?

Overview

Depicts the rocky marriage of a young model and her Broadway playwright-husband.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Affair with a Stranger Trailers

Cast

Carolyn Parker

Jean Simmons

Bill Blakeley

Victor Mature

Dolly Murray

Mary Jo Tarola

Janet Boothe

Monica Lewis

Ma Stanton

Jane Darwell

Happy Murray

Dabbs Greer

Joe, Taxi Driver

Wally Vernon

Producer George W. Craig

Nicholas Joy

Cynthia Craig

Olive Carey

Mrs. Wallace

Victoria Horne

Miss Crutcher

Lillian Bronson

Pop

George Cleveland

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