A Stranger in My Arms (1959)

Interesting facts

A Stranger in My Arms is a 1959 American CinemaScope drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring June Allyson, Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee, Charles Coburn, Mary Astor and Peter Graves.

Production

The film was based on the novel And Ride a Tiger by Robert Wilder, author of Written on the Wind. It was published in 1951. The New York Times wrote the book had "some dubious motivation" but was "so racily readable that you are not particularly bothered until you've stopped turning pages."

Film rights were bought by Pamrick Productions, the company of star June Allyson and her husband, former actor turned producer and director, Dick Powell. They announced they would make the film in 1956 with financing through RKO Studios.

RKO ceased functioning as a financier of films, however, and the project transferred over to producer Ross Hunter at Universal-International, who had enjoyed a big hit with Written on the Wind (1956). Allyson was attached as star, but the director was Helmut Kautner, who had just made The Restless Years (1958) for Universal. Jeff Chandler was given the male lead.

The film's cast also included Mary Astor and Sandra Dee, the latter having signed a long-term contract with Universal. Filming started December 1957.

Principal photography on A Stranger in My Arms took place from late November 1958 to early January 1959. The aircraft used included Lockheed T-33, Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star, North American CB-25J Mitchell and North American F-86A Sabre.

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