I'm a Stranger

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I'm a Stranger
I'm a Stranger (1952 film).jpg
Directed by Brock Williams
Written byBrock Williams
Produced byHarold Richmond
Starring Greta Gynt
James Hayter
Hector Ross
CinematographyGordon Lang
Edited by Gerald Thomas
Music by Jack Beaver
Production
company
A Corsair Production
Distributed byApex Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • July 1952 (1952-07)(UK)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

I'm a Stranger is a 1952 British second feature ('B') [1] comedy film directed and written by Brock Williams and starring Greta Gynt, James Hayter and Hector Ross. [2] [3]

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Plot

Various different parties search for a missing will which leaves a fortune to a stranger from Calcutta.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A talkative, indifferently made little thriller, in which the characters behave in a most improbable way." [4]

Picturegoer wrote: "This run-of-the mill British crime melodrama is rescued from mediocrity by an above-average cast. Its story, which concerns a hunt for a missing will, employs all the old 'props,' but leading players Greta Gynt and James Hayter improvise effectively and enable it to spring a surprise ending." [5]

TV Guide called the film "Amusing at times but unmemorable." [6]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Very light comedy-drama; cast helps a little, not much." [7]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "I'm a Stranger". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "I'm a Stranger (1952)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "I'm a Stranger" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 19 (216): 110. 1 January 1952. ProQuest   1305818000.
  5. ↑ "I'm a Stranger" . Picturegoer . 24: 19. 9 July 1952. ProQuest   1705151848.
  6. ↑ "I'm A Stranger". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 327. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.


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