Story Line
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
“The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!”
Top Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Federal Agent Wilson
Loretta Young
Mary Longstreet
Orson Welles
Prof. Charles Rankin
Philip Merivale
Judge Adam Longstreet
Richard Long
Noah Longstreet
Konstantin Shayne
Konrad Meinike
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
1946-06-02
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
ThrillerCrime
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User Reviews (4)
TheCakerBaker
7.5/10
•7/3/2013Excellent cinematography and camerawork as can be expected from Welles. Entertaining throughout. Watch if you're a fan of film noir
John Chard
9/10
•12/13/2018They searched the woods. I watched them, here, like God looking at little ants.
We are in the college town of Harper, Connecticut, one day a man known only as Wilson arrives, he's a member of the War Crimes Commission, in short he's a Nazi Hunte...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•7/7/2022This taut and suspenseful thriller finds a devilishly clever Edward G. Robinson ("Mr. Wilson") on the trail of the Nazi who allegedly devised the whole concept of mass annihilation in the concentration camps. Having released one of his erstwhile mini...
r96sk
7/10
•5/23/2024A good movie, albeit one that finishes weaker than it started.
I really enjoyed the set up of <em>'The Stranger'</em>, though once the cat is let out the bag events do move along at a notch below. The final 30 feels a little drawn out, admittedly ...