The Stranger (1946) - Full Movie

In 1946, Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles). Kindler has effectively concealed his Nazi activities prior to his escape to the United States. He assumes a new identity, Charles Rankin, lands a job as a university professor and marries Mary Longstreet (Loretta Young), who is the daughter of Supreme Court justice Judge Adam Longstreet.

Wilson releases Kindler's former associate Meinike (Konstantin Shayne) and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, but Meinike is strangled before he can identify Kindler. Wilson must convince Mrs. Rankin, the only person who knows for certain that Meinike came to meet her husband, that her Charles is a war criminal.

The Stranger is a 1946 American film noir/drama film starring Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, and Loretta Young. Welles also directed the film, which was based on an Oscar-nominated screenplay written by Victor Trivas. Sam Spiegel was the film's producer, and the film's musical score is by Bronisław Kaper. It is believed that this is the first film released after World War II that showed footage of concentration camps. The Stranger was the only film made by Welles to have been a bona fide box office success on the first release (Citizen Kane had made back its budget and marketing, but not enough to make a profit). The copyright was by "The Haig Corporation" and it has been in the public domain for several years.

The Stranger is in the public domain and can be downloaded here for free:
http://www.archive.org/details/TheStranger_0

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[scales57]

i have seen other 'very old' movies and YT has removed them? let's see how long this one lasts....thanx for the great post! all-time classic!

[LuckyStrike502]

@scales57 YouTube probably removed them because they were still protected under copyright. This movie, however, is public domain, so it will be around for as long as YouTube is around! :-)

[Lilzone13]

now how do you upload movies with no coryright

[LuckyStrike502]

@Lilzone13 What do you mean?

[Onlymusical]

It's a bizarre film and Welles routinely left it out of his filmography, didn't mention it, but he did direct it and, like every movie he directed, it's extremely interesting to watch for countless reasons. It's loaded with superb Welles touches. He directed it to convince (or remind) Hollywood that he could make a straightforward movie under budget and I like it very much. The acting is wonderful and we get another full movie directed by Welles starring the young Welles. It's a treasure.

[lazevnik]

An exceptionally bad film.

The plot is over obvious.

The music is annoying.

Worse than bad.

[lazevnik]

Even the most dedicated of Orson Wells fans must notice that Adam and Mary address each other as brother and sister and that they are also father and daughter.

A really bad film even without the relationship botch-up.

[GisellaUnforgotten73]

@Tandemonion There's no copyright on this movie!

[MrMarkwaldron]

This film has been public domain since 1973

[kermitdfrogz]

The Stranger...

Isn't that were you numb your hand before you engage in self, er, satisfaction?

[skygage1405]

thank you so much! I missed the last 15 minutes of this on tv and thanks to you , seen the ending!! Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tandemonion]

COPYRIGHT!