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Stranger on the Prowl

Original title: Imbarco a mezzanotte
  • 19521952
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
203
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Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
Drama
A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together ... Read allA nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
203
YOUR RATING
    • Joseph Losey
    • Noël Calef(story "La bouteille du lait")
    • Ben Barzman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Muni
    • Joan Lorring
    • Vittorio Manunta
    • Joseph Losey
    • Noël Calef(story "La bouteille du lait")
    • Ben Barzman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Muni
    • Joan Lorring
    • Vittorio Manunta
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Luisa Rossi and Aldo Silvani in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Joan Lorring in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Enrico Glori and Joan Lorring in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Vittorio Manunta in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Vittorio Manunta and Paul Muni in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Arnoldo Foà and Luisa Rossi in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Luisa Rossi in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Vittorio Manunta in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Arnoldo Foà, Fausta Mazzucchelli, Luisa Rossi, and Alfredo Varelli in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Paul Muni in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Joan Lorring and Paul Muni in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
    Joan Lorring and Paul Muni in Stranger on the Prowl (1952)

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    Paul Muni
    Paul Muni
    • The Stranger With A Gun
    Joan Lorring
    Joan Lorring
    • Angela, a lonely woman
    Vittorio Manunta
    Vittorio Manunta
    • Giacomo, a small boy
    Luisa Rossi
    Luisa Rossi
    • Giacomo's Mother
    Aldo Silvani
    Aldo Silvani
    • Peroni, the junk dealer
    Arnoldo Foà
    Arnoldo Foà
    • Inspector-in-Charge
    Alfredo Varelli
    • The Neighborhood Patrolman
    Héléna Manson
    Héléna Manson
    • Grocery Store Clerk (victim)
    Fausta Mazzucchelli
    Fausta Mazzucchelli
    • Giacomo's Little Sister
    Cesare Trapani
    • Tall Boy
    Enrico Glori
    Enrico Glori
    • Signor Pucci
    Franco Balducci
    • Morelli
    Leonardo Scavino
    • Mancini
    • (as Leon Lenoir)
    Linda Sini
    Linda Sini
    • Signora Raffetto
    Giulio Marchetti
    • Signor Raffetto
    Giuseppe Addobbati
    Giuseppe Addobbati
    Henri Alekan
    Henri Alekan
    • Priest on Bicycle
    Gianni Baghino
      • Joseph Losey
      • Noël Calef(story "La bouteille du lait")
      • Ben Barzman(screenplay) (originally as Andrea Forzano)
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    • Trivia
      Joseph Losey replaced Bernard Vorhaus as director, following the latter being dubbed a communist sympathizer. Ironically, Losey had been a member of the Communist Party and was in Europe because blacklisting had destroyed his Hollywood career.
    • Connections
      Referenced in You Must Remember This: The Blacklist Part 16: Kirk Douglas, Dalton Trumbo, and Otto Preminger (Breaking the Blacklist, Part 2) (2016)

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    5/10
    On The Run In Tuscany
    American expatriate Joseph Losey now working in Europe because of the blacklist teamed with star Paul Muni to make Stranger On The Prowl. It's a downbeat story of a man just looking for food and shelter and to earn passage on a ship.

    A said combination of circumstances lead to the accidental death of an old woman shopkeeper and Muni is now wanted for murder. He teams up with a small boy Vittorio Manuta who has run away from home.

    The story is uneven kind of moves in fits and starts. The best thing it has going for it is the stark cinematography of post war italy in particular Tuscany. Young Manuta delivers a good perforance and works nicely with Muni.

    Another American expatriate Joan Lorring has a small role here.

    Not one of Losey's best, nor hardly Muni's, but all right.
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    • Dec 21, 2020

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    • Release date
      • November 9, 1953 (United States)
      • Italy
      • Italian
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Riviera Films
      • Tirrenia Film
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes
      • Black and White

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