The Stranger in Between (1952)
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If the plot of the 1993 Kevin Costner film A Perfect World seemed vaguely familiar, perhaps it's because it bears a more than passing resemblance to the British-made 1952 thriller The Hunted (U.S. title: Stranger in Between). Dirk Bogarde stars in this emotional melodrama as an escaped murderer, sloshing through the North Country mud. Bogarde is reluctantly saddled with a fugitive orphan boy (Jon Whitely), who insists upon tagging along. The murderer ends up sacrificing his freedom to rescue the injured boy from certain death. While The Hunted was greeted with moderate enthusiasm in Britain, its virtues were trumped by the French film critics of the era. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Crichton
Synopsis of The Stranger in Between
If the plot of the 1993 Kevin Costner film A Perfect World seemed vaguely familiar, perhaps it's because it bears a more than passing resemblance to the British-made 1952 thriller The Hunted (U.S. title: Stranger in Between). Dirk Bogarde stars in this emotional melodrama as an escaped murderer, sloshing through the North Country mud. Bogarde is reluctantly saddled with a fugitive orphan boy (Jon Whitely), who insists upon tagging along. The murderer ends up sacrificing his freedom to rescue the injured boy from certain death. While The Hunted was greeted with moderate enthusiasm in Britain, its virtues were trumped by the French film critics of the era. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Stranger in Between
- Dirk Bogarde - Chris Lloyd
- Elizabeth Sellars - Magda Lloyd
- Frederick Piper - Mr. Sykes
- Jane Aird - Mrs. Campbell
- Geoffrey Keen - Detective Inspector Drakin
- Douglas Blackwell - Detective Sergeant Grayson
- Katherine Blake
- Denis Webb
- Leonard White - Police Station Sergeant
- Molly Urquhart - Barmaid
- Gerald Case - Dep. Assistant Commissioner
- Ian Hunter
- Jon Whiteley - Robbie
- Kay Walsh - Mrs. Sykes
- Julian Somers - Jack Lloyd
- Jack Stewart - Mr. Campbell
- Grace Arnold - Woman in Courtyard
- Sam Kydd - Potman
- Allan G. Scott - Village Policeman
- Harry Quashie
- Joe Linnane - Pawnbroker
- Ewen Solon - Radio Operator
- Alec Finter - McDougall
- Director(s):
- Charles Crichton
- Writer(s):
- Jack Whittingham
- Producer(s):
- Julian Wintle
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