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Stranger in Town (1957)

Stranger in Town poster
Directed by
George Pollock
Genre
crime, drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his small hometown and gets involved in a criminal mystery. He tries to uncover the truth while dealing with the local residents and a tense situation.

low-stakesmoodybleakgrittysuspensefulrestrainednoirishordinary

What happens

Stranger in Town is a 1957 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by George Pollock and starring Alex Nicol and Anne Paige. The screenplay was by Edward Dryhurst and Norman Hudis, based on the 1954 novel The Uninivited by Frank Chittenden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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