Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Movie · Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 1h 4m · Rated 6.5/10 on TMDB · Released August 16, 1940

Overview

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Directed by Boris Ingster

Cast

• Peter Lorre as The Stranger
• John McGuire as Michael Ward
• Margaret Tallichet as Jane
• Charles Waldron as District Attorney
• Elisha Cook Jr. as Joe Briggs
• Charles Halton as Albert Meng
• Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Kane
• Cliff Clark as Martin
• Oscar O'Shea as The Judge
• Alec Craig as Defense Attorney
• Otto Hoffman as Police Surgeon
• Bobby Barber as Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

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