Stranger on the Third Floor

Aug 16, 1940

1h 4m

★ 6.5

Overview

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

The Stranger

Peter Lorre

Michael Ward

John McGuire

Jane

Margaret Tallichet

District Attorney

Charles Waldron

Joe Briggs

Elisha Cook Jr.

Albert Meng

Charles Halton

Mrs. Kane

Ethel Griffies

Martin

Cliff Clark

The Judge

Oscar O'Shea

Briggs' Defense Attorney

Alec Craig

Charles Evans

Otto Hoffman

Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

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