Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

6.5/10 64 min Mystery Thriller

Overview

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

Cast

Peter Lorre

The Stranger

John McGuire

Michael Ward

Margaret Tallichet

Jane

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Briggs

Charles Halton

Albert Meng

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Kane

Cliff Clark

Martin

Oscar O'Shea

The Judge

Alec Craig

Briggs' Defense Attorney

Otto Hoffman

Charles Evans

Bobby Barber

Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

Lee Bonnell

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Detective (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Postman (uncredited)

William Edmunds

Gardener (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

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