Not as a Stranger (1955)

  • NR
  • 07/01/1955 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 2h 15m

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

Overview

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.

Morton Thompson

Novel

Edna Anhalt

Screenplay

Edward Anhalt

Screenplay

Stanley Kramer

Director

Cast

Robert Mitchum's headshot

Robert Mitchum

Lucas Marsh
Olivia de Havilland's headshot

Olivia de Havilland

Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh
Frank Sinatra's headshot

Frank Sinatra

Alfred Boone
Gloria Grahame's headshot

Gloria Grahame

Harriet Lang
Broderick Crawford's headshot

Broderick Crawford

Dr. Aarons
Charles Bickford's headshot

Charles Bickford

Dr. Dave W. Runkleman
Myron McCormick's headshot

Myron McCormick

Dr. Clem Snider
Lon Chaney Jr.'s headshot

Lon Chaney Jr.

Job Marsh

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