Stranger on the Prowl

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Call Number: Blu-ray Film-Noir Stranger
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	Blu-ray Film-Noir Stranger	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Paul Muni.
A disillusioned vagrant accidentally kills a shop owner. While on the lam, he befriends a young street urchin who suspects the police are after him for stealing milk from the same shop owner. The police pursue the two lost souls through the war-torn streets and buildings of an Italian port city.
Blu-ray, fullscreen (1.37:1); requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

More neo-realist than noir submitted by rossorr on August 27, 2015, 9:33am This one is mainly about the daily struggles for existence in post-WWII Italy. It seems like a stretch to categorize it under "noir," although its lead characters do ultimately turn to crime. A blacklisted leftist director turning to a low-budget foreign production to keep working is historically interesting.

It should be mentioned that this transfer's unrestored, warbly soundtrack and the accents of Italian actors speaking English mean the dialog is sometimes hard to follow.