---
title: 'The Stranger (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Orson Welles'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-stranger-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038991/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Stranger (1946)

1946 · 91 min · Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Stranger is a 1946 American thriller film noir directed and co-written by Orson Welles, starring himself along with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, it centers on war crimes investigator Wilson tracking high-ranking Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler to a Connecticut town. It was the first Hollywood film to incorporate actual documentary footage of the Holocaust.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- **Screenplay:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Victor Trivas](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-trivas), [Anthony Veiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-veiller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Sam Spiegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-spiegel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty)

## Cast

- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- [Erskine Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/erskine-sanford)
- [Philip Merivale](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-merivale)
- [Richard Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-long)
- [Martha Wentworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-wentworth)
- [Byron Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-keith)
- [Loretta Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-young)
- [Edward G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson)
- [Konstantin Shayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-shayne)
- [Ethan Laidlaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-laidlaw)
- [Billy House](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-house)

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