Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger

Stands alone! First as a book... Now as a motion picture!

NR 1955 · 135 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Stanley Kramer · Written by Edward Anhalt

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Robert Mitchum Lucas Marsh
Olivia de Havilland Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh
Frank Sinatra Alfred Boone
Gloria Grahame Harriet Lang
Broderick Crawford Dr. Aarons
Charles Bickford Dr. Dave W. Runkleman
Myron McCormick Dr. Clem Snider
Lon Chaney Jr. Job Marsh
Jesse White Ben Cosgrove
Harry Morgan Oley
Lee Marvin Brundage
Virginia Christine Bruni

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