Love from a Stranger (1947)
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Based on the novel by Agatha Christie and play by Frank Vosper, Love From a Stranger isn't quite as good as the 1937 version of the same property. This time, Sylvia Sidney and John Hodiak play the roles originally filled by Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone. Falling under the romantic spell of charismatic Manuel Cortez (Hodiak), impressionable sweepstakes winner Cecily Harrington (Sidney) marries him after a whirlwind courtship. It doesn't take long for Cecily to figure out that Cortez is a dangerous psychotic, bent on murdering his wife and claiming her fortune. Unable to convince anyone else of Cortez intentions (even though his behavior would, in real life, get him locked away in a minute), Cecily determines to outsmart her husband and catch him in his own trap. Ironically, Frank Vosper never saw either film version of Love From a Stranger, having died under mysterious circumstances in 1937 (too bad Agatha Christie never wrote that story!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- John Hodiak - Manuel Cortez
- Ann Richards - Mavia
- Ernest Cossart - Billings
- Frederic Worlock - Inspector Hobday
- Billy Bevan - Taxi driver
- Colin Campbell - Bank teller
- Keith Hitchcock - Policeman
- Gerald Rogers - Postman
- Nolan Leary - Man in bar
- Charles Coleman - Hotel doorman
- John Howard - Nigel Lawrence
- Isobel Elsom - Auntie Loo-Loo
- Philip Tonge - Dr. Gribble
- Phyllis Barry - Waitress
- Abe Dinovitch - Man
- David Cavendish - Policeman
- John W. Goldsworthy - Clerk
- Sylvia Sidney - Cecily Harrington
- Anita Bolster - Ethel the Maid
- Director(s):
- Richard Whorf
- Writer(s):
- Philip MacDonald
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