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Return of a Stranger (1937)

Return of a Stranger poster
Directed by
Victor Hanbury
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns after being presumed dead. His reappearance stirs up old secrets and personal conflicts for the people he left behind.

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What happens

Return of a Stranger (also known as The Face behind the Scar) is a 1937 British drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Griffith Jones, Rosalyn Boulter, Ellis Jeffries and Athole Stewart. It was written by Rudolph Lothar, Ákos Tolnay and Reginald Long based on a play by Lothar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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