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A Stranger Came Home
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Wikipedia article
'A Stranger Came Home' is a 1954 British film noir directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paulette Goddard, William Sylvester and Patrick Holt. The film was produced by Hammer Films at Bray Studios with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills. It is based on the 1946 novel 'Stranger at Home', which was credited to film actor George Sanders but was actually ghostwritten by Leigh Brackett. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures under the title 'The Unholy Four'.
Plot
Four friends go on a fishing trip but only three return. After an absence of four years, during which time he had been an amnesiac, the fourth man, Philip Vickers, returns home after regaining his memory. He tells of a "friend" who knocked him out, drugged him, and left him to die. Any one of the remaining men could be a suspect as Job Crandall, Bill Saul and Harry Bryce have all been interested in Philip's attractive 'widow', Angie. Unfortunately, Philip's return coincides with a murder and he becomes the main suspect. Angie joins forces with her husband to help solve the mystery and clear his name.
Cast
* Paulette Goddard as Angie
* William Sylvester as Philip Vickers
* Patrick Holt as Job Crandall
* Paul Carpenter as Bill Saul
* Alvys Maben as Joan Merrill
* Russell Napier as Inspector Treherne
* Kay Callard as Jenny
* Patricia Owens as Blonde
* David King-Wood as Sessions
* Jeremy Hawk as Police Sergeant Johnson
Critical reception
'The New York Times' wrote, "A THIRD-RATE British-made whodunit called 'The Unholy Four', featuring Paulette Goddard and a nondescript cast...A few more fly-by-nights like this Lippert presentation, produced and written by Michael Carreras, and the still-shapely Miss Goddard may find herself collecting the pieces of a career"; Leonard Maltin called it "Muddled"; whereas 'Allmovie' called it a "suspenseful drama."
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