Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Music / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 63% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 4989 5K

noir film noir b movie wrongful conviction

Plot summary

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

Director

Boris Ingster Photo
Boris Ingster

Top cast

Bobby Barber Photo
Bobby Barber as Giuseppe
Cliff Clark Photo
Cliff Clark as Martin
Jack Cheatham Photo
Jack Cheatham as Detective
Harry C. Bradley Photo
Harry C. Bradley as Court Clerk
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583.95 MB
958*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 3 min
Seeds 3
1.06 GB
1438*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 3 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by utgard14 7 / 10

"What difference does it make? There's too many people in the world anyway."

Reporter Michael Ward (John McGuire) gives testimony at trial that helps convict an innocent man of murder. Now Ward finds himself in a similar situation, accused of a murder he didn't commit. His girlfriend Jane (Margaret Tallichet) sets out to find a creepy stranger (Peter Lorre) seen lurking about on the night of the murder.Despite being top-billed, Peter Lorre is not in this much. But when he is in it, he's really creepy and weird in that Lorre way we all love. Also, I loved Elijah Cook as the poor sap wrongly convicted at the start of the movie. Often cited as the first film noir, this is a very cool murder mystery that effectively uses flashbacks and dream sequences. It has a lot of style for a B movie that barely runs an hour. Just goes to show you don't need 2 1/2 hours to make a good movie, something today's filmmakers should learn.
Reviewed by utgard14 7 / 10

"What difference does it make? There's too many people in the world anyway."

Reporter Michael Ward (John McGuire) gives testimony at trial that helps convict an innocent man of murder. Now Ward finds himself in a similar situation, accused of a murder he didn't commit. His girlfriend Jane (Margaret Tallichet) sets out to find a creepy stranger (Peter Lorre) seen lurking about on the night of the murder.Despite being top-billed, Peter Lorre is not in this much. But when he is in it, he's really creepy and weird in that Lorre way we all love. Also, I loved Elijah Cook as the poor sap wrongly convicted at the start of the movie. Often cited as the first film noir, this is a very cool murder mystery that effectively uses flashbacks and dream sequences. It has a lot of style for a B movie that barely runs an hour. Just goes to show you don't need 2 1/2 hours to make a good movie, something today's filmmakers should learn.
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