Stranger on the Third Floor(1940)
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Movie: Stranger on the Third Floor
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The Stranger
Michael Ward
Jane
District Attorney
Joe Briggs
Albert Meng
Mrs. Kane
Martin
The Judge
Briggs' Defense Attorney
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Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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1940-08-16
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