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      Love From a Stranger

      1937 1h 27m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 44% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings After her fiancé, Ronald Bruce (Bruce Seton), breaks their engagement, fearing he will be financially dependent on her recent lottery winnings, stenographer Carol Howard (Ann Harding) decides to rent her apartment and go to France. Debonair Gerald Lovell (Basil Rathbone) comes to look at the apartment, and later turns up on her boat. Carol falls in love with Gerald, and the two elope. But upon returning to England, he has them move to an isolated home, and Carol begins to suspect and fear him. Read More Read Less

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      Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine The climax is well-worth waiting for. May 5, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Stagy thriller. Rated: B- Feb 5, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member From The Mill Creek Dark Crimes 50 Movie collection. This is based on an Agatha Christie story and contains some of the most histrionic acting I've ever witnessed. I never knew that anyone could go so far over the top and not shoot out of the frame and into space. The basic plot concerns a young woman who wins a lottery and soon after meets and falls in love with a "stranger", played by Basil Rathbone. Rathbone's intentions are far from happy and it all winds down to a conclusion that allows... well lets just say you will wonder about everyone's sanity. I'm not sure I liked this. Its good, but it takes a while to get going. Once its moving its fine but even then I was never really content. I want to say that its oddly British, but its not so much that its British as mannered. I like that you have the pure unrestrained emotion in the final act, but at the same time compared to the earlier low key nature of it I was wondering how many coffees the cast had. Frankly I'm reserving my final judgment until I see it again. Even with all of that said and done I suggest you do see this movie- and stay to the end. Unless you've seen this before, I'm certain you've never witnessed what Basil Rathbone was truly capable of. I won't try to explain that statement, I'll let you search this out and see for yourself. 3 Stars 3-16-14 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Two very classy actors in a well-directed melodrama that's suspenseful and clever--Basil the Fortune Hunter!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A hammy performance by Rathbone weighs down this Agatha Christie suspenser. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent British film with a haunting and intense performance by Basil Rathbone. Ann Harding is well cast. Good scory and well written story. Always interesting. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis After her fiancé, Ronald Bruce (Bruce Seton), breaks their engagement, fearing he will be financially dependent on her recent lottery winnings, stenographer Carol Howard (Ann Harding) decides to rent her apartment and go to France. Debonair Gerald Lovell (Basil Rathbone) comes to look at the apartment, and later turns up on her boat. Carol falls in love with Gerald, and the two elope. But upon returning to England, he has them move to an isolated home, and Carol begins to suspect and fear him.
      Director
      Rowland V. Lee
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 25, 2004
      Runtime
      1h 27m