This is an underrated movie. Not many people talk about it as much as Welles’ other directorial efforts and it has some great cinematography and performances in it, as well as some genuine suspense that still holds up. Edward G. Robinson is absolutely delightful as the hero.
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Reply to TIL The Stranger (1946) was the first Hollywood film to include footage of the Holocaust. The film's director, Orson Welles, who saw footage at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in May 1945, described the newsreels as "putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage" by jamescookenotthatone
This is an underrated movie. Not many people talk about it as much as Welles’ other directorial efforts and it has some great cinematography and performances in it, as well as some genuine suspense that still holds up. Edward G. Robinson is absolutely delightful as the hero.