Top billed cast

1. 

   Sydney Greenstreet

   Jerome K. Arbutny

2. 

   Geraldine Fitzgerald

   Crystal Shackleford

3. 

   Peter Lorre

   Johnny West

4. 

   Joan Lorring

   Icey Crane

5. 

   Robert Shayne

   Bertram Fallon

6. 

   Marjorie Riordan

   Janet Elliott

7. 

   Arthur Shields

   Prosecutor

8. 

   Rosalind Ivan

   Lady Rhea Beladon

9. 

   John Alvin

   Junior Clerk

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-02-08

Three strangers, one idol and one sweepstake ticket. Bad mix.

Three Strangers is directed by Jean Negulesco and written by John Huston and Howard Koch. It stars Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Music is by Adolph Deutsch and cinematography by Arthur Edeson.

A tricky movie in structure as it constantly shifts between three character arcs to lead us to its resolution. Plot finds Crystal (Fitzgerald) luring Johnny (Lorre) and Arbutny (Greenstreet) to her apartment to make a wish in front of a Chinese idol known as Kwan Yin. It’s believed that Kwan Yin will bring ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• new year's eve
• film noir