The Stranger Came Home

"One of you here has committed MURDER!"

Sep 24 1954 Approved 1h 20m
Drama, Mystery

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.

Plot

Philip Vickers mysteriously reappears to his wife and friends during a party at her upscale country estate after an absence of four years. He had been presumed dead after he disappeared on a fishing trip in Portugal with three friends. He was knocked unconscious and pushed overboard by an unknown assailant. In the interim, he had suffered from amnesia but now has regained his faculties. All the potential suspects, including his wife, are at the party. When one of them is killed, the police are called in, and suspicion for the crime falls on the vengeful Vickers.

Written by

Leigh Brackett, Michael Carreras, George Sanders

Directed by

Terence Fisher

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions, Lippert Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
614
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA