Rachel and the Stranger
“Once was a man, a married man... Who couldn't see the danger Until one day, one fateful day... Along came a Tall, Dark Stranger!”
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.
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Cast
10 people
Loretta Young
Rachel
Known for
The Stranger
The Bishop's Wife
William Holden
David “Big Davey" Harvey
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Robert Mitchum
Jim Fairways
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Gary Gray
Davey
Also in
The Painted Hills
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Tom Tully
Parson Jackson
Known for
Coogan's Bluff
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Sara Haden
Mrs. Jackson
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
She-Wolf of London
Frank Ferguson
Mr. Green
Known for
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Johnny Guitar
Walter Baldwin
Gallus
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Desperate Hours
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Green
Also in
Sympathy
Pillow to Post
Frank Conlan
Jabez (uncredited)
Known for
All That Money Can Buy
Norman Foster Director · Waldo Salt Screenplay Howard Fast Story
Worldwide gross $2.4M · United States release September 18, 1948 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,400,000
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 18, 1948
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · April 21, 2020
Physical · Blu-ray
United States
October 2, 1948 · Theatrical
May 19, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Austria
January 13, 1950 · Theatrical
Germany
December 16, 1949 · Theatrical
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