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      Three Strangers

      Released Jan 28, 1946 1h 32m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 51% Audience Score 100+ Ratings After convincing two strangers, Jerome Arbutny (Sydney Greenstreet) and John West (Peter Lorre), to come to her apartment, Crystal Shackelford (Geraldine Fitzgerald) explains that at the stroke of midnight her statue of the goddess Kwan Yin will open its eyes, look into the souls of three strangers and grant their deepest wishes. The trio jointly invests in a sweepstake ticket, then separate, only to have their true natures demolish the possibility that Kwan Yin will fulfill their dreams. Read More Read Less

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      Virginia Wright Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles) Overwritten in some parts, and not too carefully cast, nevertheless it hold the attention most of the time, in the manner of a picture puzzle. Jul 13, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The intricately plotted messy film becomes enjoyable mainly because of the spirited performances. Rated: B Mar 12, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Really dark and not worth your time. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/18/24 Full Review Audience Member Film noir at its best, in a quirky story co-written by John Huston, carried by two of his actors from "The Maltese Falcon" — Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre — and that film's composer, Adolph Deutsch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review ashley h Three Strangers is an okay film. It is about three strangers who share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol. Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Jean Negulesco did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review joe m Enjoyable if kind of off-beat and overly long, "Three Strangers" brings together two of film noirs titan - Greenstreet and Lorre - along with Fitzgerald. The film is sort of the vignette type where the eponymous leads only come together at the beginning and the end of the movie. Lorre as a romantic lead comes off as a bit of stretch. Fitzgerald as a vengeful spurned wife doesn't quite pull off the necessary psychotic over the top performance called for in the role. Greenstreet's is the only performance that lives up to providing a range of emotions, especially for the rather dramatic denouement. A good film if you happen to catch it, but not worth going out of your way to find. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Rich S Unfortunately, it comes nowhere near The Maltese Falcon, the movie for which this was to be a sequel. The stories of the three strangers are only mildly interesting at best. There is an interesting climax, but not a very convincing one. Still, for the performances and the style, I would give it one viewing to see if you like it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/23/20 Full Review Frances H What an unusual and interesting character driven flick! And for once, Peter Lorre gets to play relatively good guy, for him! Loved his acting ever since I saw him in M by the great Fritz Lang! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/21/20 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis After convincing two strangers, Jerome Arbutny (Sydney Greenstreet) and John West (Peter Lorre), to come to her apartment, Crystal Shackelford (Geraldine Fitzgerald) explains that at the stroke of midnight her statue of the goddess Kwan Yin will open its eyes, look into the souls of three strangers and grant their deepest wishes. The trio jointly invests in a sweepstake ticket, then separate, only to have their true natures demolish the possibility that Kwan Yin will fulfill their dreams.
      Director
      Jean Negulesco
      Distributor
      Warner Bros.
      Production Co
      Warner Bros.
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 28, 1946, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 25, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 32m
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