Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Boris Ingster.

Cast

• Peter Lorre as The Stranger
• John McGuire as Michael Ward
• Margaret Tallichet as Jane
• Charles Waldron as District Attorney
• Elisha Cook Jr. as Joe Briggs
• Charles Halton as Albert Meng
• Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Kane
• Cliff Clark as Martin
• Oscar O'Shea as The Judge
• Alec Craig as Defense Attorney
• Otto Hoffman as Police Surgeon
• Bobby Barber as Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
• Vince Barnett as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
• Lee Bonnell as Reporter (uncredited)
• Harry C. Bradley as Court Clerk (uncredited)
• Lynton Brent as Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)
• Helen Chapman as Woman (uncredited)
• Jack Cheatham as Detective (uncredited)
• Ray Cooke as Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
• Robert Dudley as Postman (uncredited)
• William Edmunds as Gardener (uncredited)
• Jim Farley as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
• Betty Farrington as Woman Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
• Jack Gargan as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Greta Granstedt as Housekeeper (uncredited)
• John Harmon as Thin-Faced Man in Crowd (uncredited)
• Dell Henderson as Detective (uncredited)
• Max Hoffman Jr. as Charlie, the Third Cab Driver (uncredited)
• Gladden James as Tom, a Reporter (uncredited)
• Charles Judels as Nick Nanbajan, the Cafe Owner (uncredited)
• Jane Keckley as Angry Awakened Landlady (uncredited)
• Donald Kerr as Man Wanting Seat at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
• Philip Kieffer as Juror #3 (uncredited)
• Paul McVey as Detective Lieutenant Jones (uncredited)
• Bruce Mitchell as Policeman in Court (uncredited)
• Frank O'Connor as Policeman (uncredited)
• Broderick O'Farrell as Minister in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
• Bud Osborne as Bartender (uncredited)
• Emory Parnell as Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
• Lee Phelps as Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited)

Crew

• Lee S. Marcus — Producer
• Roy Webb — Original Music Composer
• Frank Partos — Screenplay
• Nicholas Musuraca — Director of Photography
• Boris Ingster — Director
• Nathanael West — Writer

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