Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger (1947)

He lied, cheated, and killed all in the name of love.

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.

Date of release
1947-11-15
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama
Director
Richard Whorf

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Philomel Cottage and Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger is a 1947 American historical film noir directed by Richard Whorf and starring John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney and Ann Richards. The film is also known as A Stranger Walked In in the United Kingdom. It is based on the play of the same title by Frank Vosper, inspired by a short story by Agatha Christie, which had previously been turned into a 1937 British film Love from a Stranger starring Basil Rathbone.

Production

The movie was one of the first from the newly formed Eagle Lion Productions. Arturo de Cordova was announced as the star. Margaret Lockwood was wanted for the female star. Eventually the female lead went to Sylvia Sidney and John Hodiak was borrowed from MGM for the male lead.

Filming was meant to start 15 January 1947 but was delayed until March. Anne Richards had just made Lost Honeymoon for Eagle Lion.

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