Stranger On The Third Floor Review

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner s throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.

Stranger on the third floor review.

Stranger on the third floor peter lorre john mcguire margaret tallichet 1940 a new york reporter john mcguire and his fiancee margaret tallichet think an odd little man peter lorre in a scarf is a throat slasher. William wyler and elisha cook jr. Stranger was the first feature directed by boris ingster a former associate of sergei eisenstein and later a producer on the 1960s spy series the man from u n c l e from a. Mcguire plays mike ward a reporter who is the key witness in a murder trial that ends with the defendant cook being found guilty.

Audience reviews for stranger on the third floor apr 24 2010 in stranger on the third floor michael ward john mcguire a reporter is the chief witness for the prosection in the murder trial. With peter lorre john mcguire margaret tallichet charles waldron. Stranger on the third floor yarn concerns a stern newspaper reporter whose testimony proves the circumstantial evidence that convicts an innocent man. Peter lorre is the stranger on the third floor in this b movie from 1940 that stars john mcguire maria tallichet mrs.