Stranger On The Third Floor Review

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner s throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.

Stranger on the third floor review.

Widely considered the first film noir stranger on the third floor is a breezy strange journey through one man s mind and the american. Stranger on the third floor yarn concerns a stern newspaper reporter whose testimony proves the circumstantial evidence that convicts an innocent man. Directed by boris ingster. Mcguire plays mike ward a reporter who is the key witness in a murder trial that ends with the defendant cook being found guilty.

William wyler and elisha cook jr. Stranger was the first feature directed by boris ingster a former associate of sergei eisenstein and later a producer on the 1960s spy series the man from u n c l e from a. Audience reviews for stranger on the third floor apr 24 2010 in stranger on the third floor michael ward john mcguire a reporter is the chief witness for the prosection in the murder trial. Stranger on the third floor peter lorre john mcguire margaret tallichet 1940 a new york reporter john mcguire and his fiancee margaret tallichet think an odd little man peter lorre in a scarf is a throat slasher.