The Stranger
Turkish title: Yabancı
“The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!”
1946 · 1 h 35 min
Directed by 
Orson Welles
Orson WellesCast
Edward G. Robinson Loretta Young Orson Welles
Credits
Written by: Anthony Veiller
Plot
A war crimes investigator tracks a hidden Nazi to a small Connecticut town, where he lives under a false name as a respected schoolteacher.
Sinekatalog’s take
Orson Welles's postwar thriller tracks a hidden Nazi in a quiet American town. Edward G. Robinson is sharp, Welles is menacing, and the tight film is one of his most conventional yet effective works.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (31,288 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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