I'm a Stranger

I'm a Stranger
Directed byBrock Williams
Written byBrock Williams
Produced byHarold Richmond
StarringGreta Gynt
James Hayter
Hector Ross
CinematographyGordon Lang
Edited byGerald Thomas
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
A Corsair Production
Distributed byApex Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • July 1952 (1952-07) (UK)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

I'm a Stranger is a 1952 British second feature ('B')[1] comedy film directed and written by Brock Williams and starring Greta Gynt, James Hayter and Hector Ross.[2][3]

Plot

Various different parties search for a missing will which leaves a fortune to a stranger from Calcutta.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A talkative, indifferently made little thriller, in which the characters behave in a most improbable way."[4]

Picturegoer wrote: "This run-of-the mill British crime melodrama is rescued from mediocrity by an above-average cast. Its story, which concerns a hunt for a missing will, employs all the old 'props,' but leading players Greta Gynt and James Hayter improvise effectively and enable it to spring a surprise ending."[5]

TV Guide called the film "Amusing at times but unmemorable."[6]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Very light comedy-drama; cast helps a little, not much."[7]

References

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "I'm a Stranger". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ^ "I'm a Stranger (1952)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  4. ^ "I'm a Stranger". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 110. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "I'm a Stranger". Picturegoer. 24: 19. 9 July 1952 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "I'm A Stranger". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 327. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.


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