Not as a Stranger

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Not as a Stranger
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Produced by Stanley Kramer
Screenplay by Edna Anhalt
Edward Anhalt
Based on novel by
Morton Thompson
Starring Olivia de Havilland
Robert Mitchum
Frank Sinatra
Music by George Antheil
Cinematography Franz Planer
Edited by Frederic Knudtson
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
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  • June 28, 1955 (1955-06-28)
Running time
 135 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.5 million[1]
Box office $7.1 million (North America)[2]

Not as a Stranger is a 1955 drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Morton Thompson. The romantic melodrama novel was widely popular, topping that year's list of bestselling novels in the United States.

The film was Kramer's directorial debut and featured Olivia de Havilland and Robert Mitchum in the lead roles, backed by a stellar supporting cast including Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Charles Bickford, Lon Chaney, Jr., Harry Morgan, and Lee Marvin. The film was released by United Artists.[3][4]

Sinatra had catapulted back into the limelight as the result of a supporting role for a film from a similarly popular novel, From Here to Eternity, two years earlier. Initially a box office success, Not as a Stranger is obscure today, never receiving widespread distribution in VHS markets, and was released on DVD[5] in 1992.

Plot

The film follows a group of medical students through school, hospital internships, and eventually their careers as doctors. Dr. Lucas Marsh (Robert Mitchum) was blinded by ambition, losing his idealism after marrying older woman Kristina Hedvigson (Olivia de Havilland) in order to make it through medical school. He is indifferent toward his wife, dedicated only to his work. As he climbs his way to the top of the medical profession by using others, he is forced to face his morality after his misjudgment leads to the death of a friend.

Cast

Reception

The film earned a world wide distribution gross of over $8 million, and a profit of $1.8 million.[1]

Awards

The motion picture was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Watson Jones).[6] Frank Sinatra was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, and Charles Bickford won that year's National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actor.

See also

References

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External links

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 101
  2. ↑ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
  3. ↑ Variety film review; June 15, 1955, page 6.
  4. ↑ Harrison's Reports film review; June 18, 1955, page 100.
  5. ↑ Not as a Stranger - Rotten Tomatoes
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