Return of a Stranger
5.5
James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor was alive when he left him. Carol refuses to speak to him, and he escapes on a ship to South Africa. There, he is the victim of an accident that disfigures his face, and he returns to England to clear his name, believing he won't be recognized. Other than by everybody who knew him, it turns out.
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Cast
13 people
Griffith Jones
James Martin
Known for
They Made Me a Fugitive
Rosalyn Boulter
Carol Wall
Also in
The First of the Few
George in Civvy Street
Ellis Jeffreys
Lady Wall
Also in
Birds of Prey
The Barton Mystery
Athole Stewart
Sir Patrick Wall
Known for
The Spy in Black
Cecil Ramage
John Forbes
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Constance Godridge
Esme
Also in
First a Girl
Murder by Rope
Sylvia Marriott
Mary
Known for
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Story of Adèle H.
James Harcourt
Johnson
Known for
Night Train to Munich
Obsession
Harold Scott
Peters
Known for
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Howard Douglas
Mr. Van Der Geun
Known for
Treasure Island
Whistle Down the Wind
David Farrar
Dr. Young
Known for
Black Narcissus
The Small Back Room
Peter Gawthorne
Sir Herbert Tompkin
Also in
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Ask a Policeman
Victor Hanbury Director · Ákos Tolnay Screenplay Rudolph Lothar Writer
First release October 4, 1937 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Premier-Stafford Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 4, 1937
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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