The Stranger
film by Welles [1946]
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The Stranger (1946) is a thriller film directed by and starring Orson Welles. Welles plays Franz Kindler, a Nazi war criminal hiding in a small New England town as a schoolteacher. His plan to marry a local teacher is disrupted when a war-crimes investigator, played by Edward G. Robinson, tracks him down. The investigator waits for Kindler to reveal his true identity. Welles aimed for a conventional film, adhering to a strict schedule and budget to repair his reputation, avoiding his usual stylistic flourishes.1
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