# The Stranger (1946)

> A War Crimes Commission investigator closes in on a Nazi mastermind hiding behind the respectable identity of a Connecticut professor.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12202

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime
- Director: Orson Welles
- Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Konstantin Shayne, Byron Keith, Billy House
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038991/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: ominous, paranoid, suspenseful, classic cinema night, film noir evening

## Synopsis

A relentless investigator hunts down a master of deception hiding in plain sight.

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