Stranger On The Third Floor Review

Audience reviews for stranger on the third floor apr 24 2010 in stranger on the third floor michael ward john mcguire a reporter is the chief witness for the prosection in the murder trial.

Stranger on the third floor review.

Stranger on the third floor peter lorre john mcguire margaret tallichet 1940 a new york reporter john mcguire and his fiancee margaret tallichet think an odd little man peter lorre in a scarf is a throat slasher. Stranger was the first feature directed by boris ingster a former associate of sergei eisenstein and later a producer on the 1960s spy series the man from u n c l e from a. With peter lorre john mcguire margaret tallichet charles waldron. Widely considered the first film noir stranger on the third floor is a breezy strange journey through one man s mind and the american.

Directed by boris ingster. William wyler and elisha cook jr. As much as this corner is in favor of bold experiments by new young directors we find it hard to sustain our arguments in the face of such pictures as boris ingster s stranger on the third floor. Mcguire plays mike ward a reporter who is the key witness in a murder trial that ends with the defendant cook being found guilty.