---
title: 'Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Boris Ingster'
released: '1940-08-16'
runtime_minutes: 64
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stranger-on-the-third-floor-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033107/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

1940 · 64 min · Thriller, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir directed by Boris Ingster in his directorial debut and starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, and Charles Waldron, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr. It was written by Frank Partos. Modern research has shown that Nathanael West wrote the final version of the screenplay, but was uncredited.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Boris Ingster](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-ingster)
- **Screenplay:** [Nathanael West](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathanael-west), [Frank Partos](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-partos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)

## Cast

- [Ethel Griffies](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-griffies)
- [Dell Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dell-henderson)
- [Charles Waldron](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-waldron)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [Alec Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-craig)
- [Oscar O'Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-o-shea)
- [John McGuire](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcguire)

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