The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Edgar Wallace's Greatest Thriller
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'.
- Date of release
- 1938-10-27
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Walter Forde
Casting
- Patrick Barr — Det. Insp. Alan Wembury
- Alexander Knox — Dr Anthony Lomond
- Wilfrid Lawson — Maurice Meister
- Sonnie Hale — Samuel Cuthbert 'Sam' Hackett
- Louise Henry — Cora Ann Milton
- John Longden — Inspector Bliss
- Patricia Roc — Mary Lenley
- Peter Croft — John Lenley
- Arthur Hambling — Det. Sgt. Richards
- George Merritt — Police Station Sergeant
- John Turnbull — Prison Governor
- Charles Eaton — Col. Walford
Interesting facts
The Gaunt Stranger is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson and Alexander Knox. It was written by Sidney Gilliat based on the 1929 play The Ringer by Edgar Wallace.
Production
Michael Balcon had left his position as head of MGM-British and decided to go into independent production in association with director Walter Forde. For their first film they decided to make a movie based on the 1925 novel The Gaunt Stranger by Edgar Wallace, which had been renamed The Ringer in 1926, and which Forde had previously adapted as The Ringer in 1931.
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