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Stranger On The Third Floor


Date: 1940
Type: Crime / Film noir
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Boris Ingster
Producer: Lee Marcus

Comment/Synopsis

The testimony of a reporter sends an innocent man to prison but then afterwards the reporter is then suspected of a murder in the same circumstances. This is a dark, gritty psychological thriller that is regarded as one of the first film noir style of films. It has many of the features that later characterised that style and also has a curious dream sequence.

Oscars

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Production
RKO Radio Pictures