Not as a Stranger
“Stands alone! First as a book... Now as a motion picture!”
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
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Cast
26 people
Robert Mitchum
Lucas Marsh
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Olivia de Havilland
Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Frank Sinatra
Alfred Boone
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Ocean's Eleven
Gloria Grahame
Harriet Lang
Known for
In a Lonely Place
It's a Wonderful Life
Broderick Crawford
Dr. Aarons
Known for
The Swindle
All the King's Men
Charles Bickford
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman
Known for
A Star Is Born
Brute Force
Myron McCormick
Dr. Clem Snider
Known for
The Hustler
No Time for Sergeants
Lon Chaney Jr.
Job Marsh
Known for
The Wolf Man
Spider Baby
Jesse White
Ben Cosgrove
Known for
Harvey
The Bad Seed
Harry Morgan
Oley
Known for
M*A*S*H
High Noon
Lee Marvin
Brundage
Known for
The Dirty Dozen
Point Blank
Virginia Christine
Bruni
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Stanley Kramer Director · Edward Anhalt Screenplay Edna Anhalt Screenplay
Worldwide gross $6.2M · Budget $1.5M · United States release July 1, 1955
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Worldwide gross
$6,200,000
Gross vs. budget
4.1×
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 1, 1955
Theatrical
Germany
October 28, 1955 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 19, 1955 · Theatrical
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