Love from a Stranger (1947)

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Love from a Stranger on IMDb 5.9/10 113 votes

Released:
1947-11-15

Overview:
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.

Director:
Richard Whorf

Runtime:
1h 21min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • John Hodiak
    as
    Manuel Cortez
  • Sylvia Sidney
    as
    Cecily Harrington
  • Ann Richards
    as
    Mavis Wilson
  • John Howard
    as
    Nigel Lawrence
  • Isobel Elsom
    as
    Auntie Loo-Loo Gerard