Stranger on the Prowl

Stranger on the Prowl (1952)

Imbarco a mezzanotte

They were hunting him down like a mad dog!

A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.

Date of release
1952-03-12
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Joseph Losey

Casting

Interesting facts

Stranger on the Prowl is a 1952 film noir directed by Joseph Losey, written by Ben Barzman, and starring Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, and Vittorio Manuta.

Production

The film was Joseph Losey's first film after leaving the United States due to the Hollywood blacklist the year prior, and the first film overall by a blacklisted American filmmaker produced overseas. As the film was being distributed by American studio United Artists, both Losey and Ben Barzman were fronted by Italian filmmaker Andrea Forzano. Losey replaced the original director, Bernard Vorhaus, also a blacklistee.

The film was based on an unpublished short story by Bulgarian-French author Noël Calef, whose writings were later adapted into the films Elevator to the Gallows and Tiger Bay. Calef also produced the film, his only such credit.

Paul Muni traveled to Italy to star in the film partly as an act of solidarity and support for blacklisted friends living there in exile. This was his first film role in over eight years, following 1946's Angel on My Shoulder.

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