Movie
Love from a Stranger
Drama film with a runtime of 81 minutes, released in 1947. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
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!).
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Cast
- Sylvia Sidney
- John Hodiak
- John Howard
- Ann Richards
- Isobel Elsom
- Frederic Worlock
- Ernest Cossart
- Philip Tonge
- Anita Sharp Bolster
- Billy Bevan
- John Goldsworthy
- David Cavendish
- Keith Hitchcock
- Phyllis Barry
- Gerald Rogers
- Colin Campbell
- Robert Corey
- Eugene Eberle
- Charles Coleman
- Nolan Leary
- John W. Goldsworthy
- Donald Kerry
- Anita Bolster
- Abe Dinovitch
- George J. Teague
- Jack R. Rabin
- Irving Friedman
- Philip MacDonald
- Tony Gaudio
- Perry Smith
- Fred Allen
