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Not as a Stranger
“Stands alone! First as a book... Now as a motion picture!”
6.2 / 10• 1955• 2h 15m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
Cast & Crew
Robert Mitchum
Lucas Marsh
Lead
Olivia de Havilland
Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh
Frank Sinatra
Alfred Boone
Gloria Grahame
Harriet Lang
Broderick Crawford
Dr. Aarons
Charles Bickford
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman
Myron McCormick
Dr. Clem Snider
Lon Chaney Jr.
Job Marsh
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kramer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Not as a Stranger is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
