Film Journal | The Stranger (1946)
Information & Storyline The Stranger (1946) is an American film noir. Its director is Orson Welles and the writer is Anthony Veiller. The main characters of this movie are Edward G. Robinson as Wilson, Loretta Young as Mary Longstreet Rankin and Orson Welles as Franz Kindler, also known as Professor Charles Rankin ( AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS , n.d.) . This movie is narrating Mr Wilson, the war crime detective who is hunting for the Nazi Fugitive, Mr Kindler. Mr Kindler disguises himself as Charles Rankin, a lecturer of a university and has a marriage with Mary, the daughter of Supreme Court Justice . When Mr Kindler knows that his former cooperative partner, Mr Meinike was released by the authority to meet with him, he kills Mr Meinike and buries his dead body in the forest. Although Mary slightly feels his husband is weird, she still believes in him, putting a lot of efforts into their relationship. Through assi...