Stranger in Town (1957)

Directed by

George Pollock

Genre

crime, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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.

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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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