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Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir directed by Boris Ingster and starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, and Charles Waldron, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr. It was written by Frank Partos .
A crime drama film-noir about a reporter who witnesses a murder and becomes the prime suspect himself. Starring Peter Lorre, Margaret Tallichet, and Elisha Cook Jr., directed by Boris Ingster and written by Frank Partos and Nathaniel West.
Critics and fans agree: Stranger on the Third Floor is the little B picture that launched one of the greatest movements in cinema history: film noir. Peter Lorre plays the eerie title role...
When upstart journalist Michael Ward (John McGuire) testifies that he saw Joe Briggs (Elisha Cook Jr.) at the scene of a murder, Briggs is jailed and sentenced to death. Later, Michael's conscience...
A crime film noir thriller about a newspaperman who witnesses a murder in a dark apartment. Starring Peter Lorre, Boris Ingster, Elisha Cook Jr. and Margaret Tallichet.
A reporter is the key witness in the trial of a man accused of killing a coffee shop owner, but he doubts his guilt and becomes a suspect himself. He dreams of murdering his neighbor and a stranger, who turns out to be the real killer.
When Ward’s fiancée Jane (Margaret Tallichet) questions his recollections, he becomes consumed by guilt until encountering a stranger (Lorre) who’s been skulking around his building and may be the real murderer.
