Strange Intruder
{{Short description|1956 film by Irving Rapper}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Strange Intruder
| image = File:Strange Intruder.jpg
| caption =
| director = Irving Rapper
| producer = Lindsley Parsons
| writer = The Shades Will Not Vanish by Helen Fowler
| screenplay = David Evans
Warren Douglas
| starring = Edmund Purdom
Ida Lupino
Ann Harding
| music = Paul Dunlap
| cinematography = Ernest Haller
| editing = Maurice Wright
| studio = Lindsley Parsons Productions
| distributor = Allied Artists Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1956|9|2}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross =
}}
Strange Intruder is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino and Ann Harding.Edwards p.99 It was based on the 1952 Australian novel The Shades Will Not Vanish by Helen Fowler. The film was produced by Lindsley Parsons for release by Allied Artists. It was one of a number of noirs featuring Lupino.Spicer p.105{{cite magazine|title=Strange Intruder|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety204-1956-09/page/n5/mode/1up?|page=6|date=5 September 1956}}
Plot
Dying in a Korea prisoner-of-war camp, Adrian Carmichael learns his wife Alice has been unfaithful back home. He makes friend Paul Quentin promise not to let the Carmichaels' children be raised by another man, no matter what.
Paul escapes from camp and is treated for trauma in a U.S. hospital for veterans. Having no family of his own, he visits Carmichael's and is made welcome. Alice has ended her affair with Howard Gray, but he is blackmailing her. Paul becomes consumed with his friend's last request and has terrible visions of killing Carmichael's kids.
After a fight with Gray, he comes to realize that a return to the VA hospital is necessary. Treated like a part of the family now, Paul believes his frightening promise to be a thing of the past.
Cast
- Edmund Purdom as Paul Quentin
- Ida Lupino as Alice Carmichael
- Ann Harding as Mary Carmichael
- Jacques Bergerac as Howard Gray
- Gloria Talbott as Meg Carmichael
- Carl Benton Reid as James Carmichael
- Douglas Kennedy as Parry SanBorne
- Donald Murphy as Dr. Adrian Carmichael
- Ruby Goodwin as Annie, Alice's housekeeper
- Mimi Gibson as Libby Carmichael
- Eric Anderson as Johnny Carmichael
References
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Bibliography
- Edwards, Paul M. A Guide to Films on the Korean War. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997.
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0049805}}
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Category:American crime drama films
Category:Films directed by Irving Rapper
Category:Films scored by Paul Dunlap
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:1956 crime drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language crime drama films
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