Strangers in the Night

"Stalked by a Crazed Night KIller !"

Sep 12 1944 Approved 0h 56m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. Its the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.

Plot

A lonely, mentally unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the "daughter" write to a Marine stationed in the South Pacific. When the soldier returns back to the States, he goes to look up his pen pal, and is told by the "mother" that the daughter has moved away. An acquaintance of the women tells the soldier the truth, and in a rage the "mother" kills her. In order to cover up that crime, she realizes she must kill the soldier, too.

Written by

Philip MacDonald, Bryant Ford, Paul Gangelin

Directed by

Anthony Mann

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
911
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA