---
title: 'The Stranger (2022)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thomas M. Wright'
released: '2022-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-stranger-2022'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11897478/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Stranger (2022)

2022 · 117 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · Australia


## Synopsis

The Stranger is a 2022 Australian psychological crime thriller film written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris. Based on the non-fiction book The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer by Kate Kyriacou, and inspired by the investigation of the murder of Daniel Morcombe. The film tells the story of this investigation, a child abduction case, focusing on an undercover police officer (Edgerton) in a sting operation tasked with getting close to and forming a friendship with the prime suspect (Harris).

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Joel Edgerton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-edgerton), [Iain Canning](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-canning)
- **Director:** [Thomas M. Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-m-wright)

## Cast

- [Steve Mouzakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mouzakis) as Paul Emery
- [Fletcher Humphrys](https://cinepixo.com/people/fletcher-humphrys) as Graham Ikin
- [Matthew Sunderland](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-sunderland) as Controller
- [Jada Alberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jada-alberts) as Kate Rylett
- [Sean Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-harris) as Henry Teague
- [Joel Edgerton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-edgerton) as Mark Frame

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-stranger-2022
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