Love from a Stranger (1947)

Love from a Stranger (1947)

He lied, cheated, and killed all in the name of love. 1947-11-15 81 Min. PG-13
5.7 8 votes

Overview

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.

Cast

John Hodiak is Manuel Cortez
Manuel Cortez
Sylvia Sidney is Cecily Harrington
Cecily Harrington
Ann Richards is Mavis Wilson
Mavis Wilson
John Howard is Nigel Lawrence
Nigel Lawrence
Isobel Elsom is Auntie Loo-Loo Gerard
Auntie Loo-Loo Gerard
Ernest Cossart is Billings
Philip Tonge is Dr. Gribble
Dr. Gribble
Frederick Worlock is Inspector Hobday
Inspector Hobday