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      Walk Softly, Stranger

      1950 1h 21m Drama Crime Romance List
      Reviews 54% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Small-time crook Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) makes his way to Ashton, Ohio, where he finagles his way into a room at a boarding house. Hoping to change his ways, he gets a job with the father of the beautiful but paralyzed Elaine Corelli (Valli), with whom he quickly falls in love. Despite his desire to leave it behind, he cannot escape his shady past, which arrives in the form of a paranoid former cohort. With old rivals after him, Hale must mend fences if he wants a normal life with Elaine. Read More Read Less

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      dave j Second movie actor Joseph Cotten starred with Alida Valli with the first being The Third Man, has a stranger, (Cotten) posing as Chris Hale arriving to small town with no objectives, and manages to befriend and take refuge with an lonely old lady, Mrs. Brentman (Spring Byington) to landing himself a job pursuing for a love interest, unbeknownst his dark past which involves in card sharking. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member His dark past rolled in like a black fog. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Small-time crook Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) makes his way to Ashton, Ohio, where he finagles his way into a room at a boarding house. Hoping to change his ways, he gets a job with the father of the beautiful but paralyzed Elaine Corelli (Valli), with whom he quickly falls in love. Despite his desire to leave it behind, he cannot escape his shady past, which arrives in the form of a paranoid former cohort. With old rivals after him, Hale must mend fences if he wants a normal life with Elaine.
      Director
      Robert Stevenson
      Screenwriter
      Frank Fenton
      Production Co
      Vanguard Films Production, RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
      Genre
      Drama, Crime, Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 18, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 21m