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Stranger on the Third Floor

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.

Director

Boris Ingster

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Awards

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The Stranger

Michael Ward

Jane

Margaret Tallichet

District Attorney

Charles Waldron

Joe Briggs

Elisha Cook Jr.

Albert Meng

Mrs. Kane

Martin

The Judge

Defense Attorney

Police Surgeon

Giuseppe

Cafe Customer

Reporter

Court Clerk

Harry C. Bradley

Cabdriver at Nick's

Detective

Phil

Postman

Gardener

William Edmunds

Policeman at Accident

Woman Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter

Betty Farrington

Courtroom Spectator

Housekeeper

Greta Granstedt

Thin-Faced Man in Crowd

Detective

Charlie

Max Hoffman Jr.

Tom

Nick Narbajan

Angry Awakened Landlady

Man Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter

Juror #3

Detective Lieutenant Jones

Policeman in Court

Policeman

Minister in Dream Sequence

Broderick O'Farrell

Bartender

Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence

Cab Driver Sitting on Cab

Customer at Nick's

Suzanne Ridgway

Mr. McLean

Henry Roquemore

Court Bailiff

Truck Driver in Accident

Reporter Who Wins Cardgame

Court Scrubwoman

Woman

Catherine Wallace

Cab Driver

Reporter

Jack

Frank Yaconelli

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The Stranger Martin Jane District Attorney The Judge Juror #2 Joe Briggs Housekeeper Man Wanting Seat At Lunch Counter

Yes this is a respectable house I want you to know - Stranger on the Third Floor

Yes this is a respectable house I want you to know

There you are, lady. - Stranger on the Third Floor

There you are, lady.

I guess I'm just being silly - Stranger on the Third Floor

I guess I'm just being silly

I wouldn't let him defend me if it was for stealing an apple - Stranger on the Third Floor

I wouldn't let him defend me if it was for stealing an...

Thanks for that cup of coffee - Stranger on the Third Floor

Thanks for that cup of coffee

Juror number two - Stranger on the Third Floor

Juror number two

Wait right here, and we'll
go out and get a cup of coffee. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Wait right here, and we'll go out and get a cup of coff...

But what if she's right - Stranger on the Third Floor

But what if she's right

Two more of the same - Stranger on the Third Floor

Two more of the same

'All rise,
the Justice of the court.' - Stranger on the Third Floor

'All rise, the Justice of the court.'

What's the matter, Mike?
Didn't you like the verdict? - Stranger on the Third Floor

What's the matter, Mike? Didn't you like the verdi...

I thought you all had gone already - Stranger on the Third Floor

I thought you all had gone already

Oh, excuse me, I thought
you all had gone already. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Oh, excuse me, I thought you all had gone already.

Business as usual. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Business as usual.

Lot of people live in Brooklyn.
Why couldn't I? - Stranger on the Third Floor

Lot of people live in Brooklyn. Why couldn't I?

What a gloomy dump. - Stranger on the Third Floor

What a gloomy dump.

It'll be a big day in my life
when I move out of here. - Stranger on the Third Floor

It'll be a big day in my life when I move out of here.

Poor kid. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Two years, I don't know
how I stood it. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Two years, I don't know how I stood it.

If you have to write - Stranger on the Third Floor

If you have to write

Who's that? - Stranger on the Third Floor

Looking for somebody? - Stranger on the Third Floor

Looking for somebody?

Where the devil did he go? - Stranger on the Third Floor

Where the devil did he go?

What was he doing in here? - Stranger on the Third Floor

What was he doing in here?

Oh, yes, I have. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Oh, yes, I have.

It isn't every dope can make a cup of coffee like this - Stranger on the Third Floor

It isn't every dope can make a cup of coffee like this

Who is that citizen - Stranger on the Third Floor

Who is that citizen

Did you ever want to kill a man - Stranger on the Third Floor

Did you ever want to kill a man

But it was just talk,
just something you say. - Stranger on the Third Floor

But it was just talk, just something you say.

Are you sure it's alright
for me to come up here? - Stranger on the Third Floor

Are you sure it's alright for me to come up here?

I like your room. - Stranger on the Third Floor

I like your room.

Oh, I've read this one.
I- I liked it, didn't you? - Stranger on the Third Floor

Oh, I've read this one. I- I liked it, didn't you?

Poor, Jane,
they'll drag her into it. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Poor, Jane, they'll drag her into it.

I'm your lawyer. - Stranger on the Third Floor

I'm your lawyer.

I told you not to drink coffee before going to bed - Stranger on the Third Floor

I told you not to drink coffee before going to bed

But why don't I hear him? - Stranger on the Third Floor

But why don't I hear him?

Maybe you're right - Stranger on the Third Floor

Maybe you're right

I want a couple of hamburgers - Stranger on the Third Floor

I want a couple of hamburgers

And I'll see that nothing happens to you - Stranger on the Third Floor

And I'll see that nothing happens to you

They send you to take me back - Stranger on the Third Floor

They send you to take me back

Ha, they must be all asleep. - Stranger on the Third Floor

Ha, they must be all asleep.

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An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Boris Ingster

Writer: Frank Partos, Nathanael West

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1940

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Aug 1940

Awards: N/A

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