Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Top billed cast
Peter LorreThe Stranger
John McGuireMichael Ward
Margaret TallichetJane
Charles WaldronDistrict Attorney
Elisha Cook Jr.Joe Briggs
Charles HaltonAlbert Meng
Ethel GriffiesMrs. Kane
Cliff ClarkMartin
Oscar O'SheaThe Judge
Alec CraigBriggs' Defense Attorney
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