Movie: In the Wake of a Stranger

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tony Wright
Tony Wright

Tom Cassidy

Shirley Eaton
Shirley Eaton

Joyce Edwards

Danny Green
Danny Green

Barnes

Willoughby Goddard
Willoughby Goddard

Shafto

Harry H. Corbett
Harry H. Corbett

McCabe

Tom Bowman
Tom Bowman

Spike

Alun Owen
Alun Owen

Ferris

Barbara Archer
Barbara Archer

Barmaid

Vanda Godsell
Vanda Godsell

Hetty McCabe

James Ottaway
James Ottaway

Johnson

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Eleanor the Great
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Eleanor the Great(en)

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Black Widow
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Black Widow(en)

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Conflict
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Conflict(en)

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Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Jamaica Inn
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Jamaica Inn(en)

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Chief of Station
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The Quiller Memorandum
59%

The Quiller Memorandum(en)

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The Black Pirate
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The Black Pirate(en)

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Return
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Return(en)

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True Spirit
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True Spirit(en)

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The Ghost Ship
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The Ghost Ship(en)

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Edge of the City
72%

Edge of the City(en)

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The MacKintosh Man
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The MacKintosh Man(en)

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Pickup on South Street
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Pickup on South Street(en)

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The Glass Key
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The Glass Key(en)

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Nightfall
69%

Nightfall(en)

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The Bravados
66%

The Bravados(en)

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No Name on the Bullet
66%

No Name on the Bullet(en)

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Night Tide(en)

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Reykjavik-Rotterdam(is)

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Safe in Hell
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Safe in Hell(en)

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0%

The Grudge(en)

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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea(en)

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Kill Cruise(de)

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Pool of London
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Pool of London(en)

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Deadline at Dawn
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Deadline at Dawn(en)

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0%

To Fair Winds & Followed Waters(en)

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67%

We're Not Dressing(en)

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Iyarkai
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Ensign Pulver
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Ensign Pulver(en)

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Anna Christie
61%

Anna Christie(en)

1930-02-21

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The Fleet's In(en)

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Two Tars
67%

Two Tars(en)

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Why Girls Love Sailors
55%

Why Girls Love Sailors(en)

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Sailor Beware
63%

Sailor Beware(en)

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