Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Release Date: Apr 18, 1952 Wide
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Young Robert Fontaine, Jr. (Billy Gray) lives with his hard-working father (George Murphy) and mother (Nancy Davis), who is soon to give birth to a second child, on their northern California citrus farm. He's lonely on the farm and has been saving to buy a dog. One day, a mysterious stranger (Kurt Kasznar), who gives his name as Matlock, moves into the empty house adjacent to the farm -- he's not only highly strung but downright hostile to any friendly overtures that Robert Sr. or anyone else
Apr 18, 1952 Wide
Cast
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George Murphy
Robert Fontaine Sr. -
Nancy Davis
Marge Fontaine -
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Lewis Stone
Mr. Wardlaw -
Kurt Kasznar
Matlock -
Anna Glomb
Camille -
Stanley Andrews
Mr. Wetzell -
Margaret Bert
Woman's Voice -
Edward Cassidy
Soloway -
Virginia Farmer
Mrs. Campbell -
Kathleen Freeman
Rose -
Billy Gray
Robert Fontaine Jr. -
Harry Hines
Talmadge -
Teddy Infur
Gregory -
Charles La Torre
Batastini -
Harry Lauter
Canavan -
Ralph Moody
Short -
Jack Moore
Sailor -
Burt Mustin
Mr. McEley -
Tudor Owen
Policeman -
Dan Riss
Mr. Taylor -
Cosmo Sardo
Barber -
Maude Wallace
Mrs. Wetzell -
Katherine Warren
Dr. Dorothy Langley -
Jack Williams
Truck Driver -
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William Tannen
Driggs -
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A surprisingly effective cautionary fable.
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