Strangers in the Night (1944)

Director: Anthony Mann

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. It’s the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.

Cast

William Terry

Sergeant Johnny Meadows

Virginia Grey

Dr. Leslie Ross

Helene Thimig

Mrs. Hilda Blake

Edith Barrett

Ivy Miller

Anne O'Neal

Nurse Thompson

Audley Anderson

Train Conductor

Jimmie Lucas

Waiter

Roy Butler

Cab Driver

Charles Sullivan

Police Driver

Frances Morris

Nurse