Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger

Caught in the web of a madman!

1937 · 86 min · ★ 6.3 · Mystery, Thriller, Romance

Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basil Rathbone, Harding finds herself married before she is fully able to grasp the situation. Slowly but surely, Rathbone's loving veneer crumbles; when he casually asks Harding to sign a document turning her entire fortune over to him, she deduces that her days are numbered.

Directed by Rowland V. Lee · Written by Frances Marion

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