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A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Robert Mitchum
- Fred Graham
- (as Bob Mitchum)
Milton Kibbee
- Charlie
- (as Milt Kibbee)
Lee 'Lasses' White
- Old Man
- (as Lee White)
Fred Aldrich
- Police Detective
- (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
- Dancer at Big Jims
- (uncredited)
Marie Bryant
- Dancer in Big Jims
- (uncredited)
William Castle
- Man in Photograph Given to Police.
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe cut between a screaming woman discovering a body and a whistling locomotive is a direct steal from Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935).
- GoofsIn the movie, the famous Bleecker Street of Manhattan's Greenwich Village is misspelled as Bleeker.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stars of the Silver Screen: Robert Mitchum (2013)
- SoundtracksBoogie Woogie
(uncredited)
Music by Lorenzo Flennoy
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Much more than I bargained for
I wouldn't have believed that this film could run barely over an hour in length; in the course of its 67 minutes, it crams in more plot twists, emotional punch and sheer tension than recent blockbusters can manage in 200 or more, with never a wasted moment... but no lack, either, of aching silences and endless hours at night. As the innocent, idealistic young wife adrift in a city and world utterly alien to her, Kim Hunter carries the whole film with a performance of breathtaking conviction. She is scarcely off-screen from start to finish, as the character grows and matures both in confidence and desperation, and our assumptions about the outcome shift off-balance from one moment to the next. 'When Strangers Marry' is without a doubt her film. It's also an emotional roller-coaster, a gripping piece of noir -- and, unbelievably, a no-budget miracle shot in just seven days.
Robert Mitchum, in an early role, is a little wooden but crucially effective in the part of the former suitor who provides a steady shoulder for his one-time fiancée to lean on, and Dean Jagger is suitably elusive as the longed-for husband who is all but a stranger, but it is Hunter who really stands out here. I wasn't expecting much from this film but was absolutely swept away by it: an example above all of how to do a Hitchcock on Poverty Row.
Robert Mitchum, in an early role, is a little wooden but crucially effective in the part of the former suitor who provides a steady shoulder for his one-time fiancée to lean on, and Dean Jagger is suitably elusive as the longed-for husband who is all but a stranger, but it is Hunter who really stands out here. I wasn't expecting much from this film but was absolutely swept away by it: an example above all of how to do a Hitchcock on Poverty Row.
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- Budget
- $50,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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