The Incredible Stranger

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In 1893, an odd stranger arrives in a small town and keeps a promise he made to his wife.In 1893, an odd stranger arrives in a small town and keeps a promise he made to his wife.In 1893, an odd stranger arrives in a small town and keeps a promise he made to his wife.

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- Jacques Tourneur
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6.4/10

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Director
- Jacques Tourneur
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John Nesbitt

Narrator
(voice)

Sam Ash

Storekeeper
(uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Townsman
(uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Doctor Peabody
(uncredited)

Roger Gray

Mack Williams - Townsman
(uncredited)

Paul Guilfoyle

The Stranger
(uncredited)

Ben Hall

Lou Coon - Townsman
(uncredited)

Connie Leon

Lib Smith
(uncredited)

Joseph P. Mack

Townsman
(uncredited)

Henry Sylvester

Benny Andrews - Stationmaster
(uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

Mrs. Brewster
(uncredited)

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Crazy credits
AS IN ALL OF JOHN NESBITT'S STORIES, ALTHOUGH THE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS PORTRAYED IN THIS PHOTOPLAY ARE FICTITIOUS, THEY ARE BASED UPON PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTHS SCIENTIFICALLY ESTABLISHED.

Connections
Featured in Cinéma de minuit: Cycle raretés curiosités: Court-métrages 2eme partie de Jacques Tourneur (2009)

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3/10

Dramatized in the worst possible way.

Despite the renowned Jacques Tourneur directing this short, it was a huge disappointment to me. This is because the style of the story was very stilted and it was told in the worst possible fashion. In other words, instead of showing the story unfold normally, the entire production is narrated....giving the viewer a strangely disconnected view of events.

The story itself is about an unusual man who arrives in town. He doesn't talk at all and seems pretty rude. He also has bought outfits of clothes for a woman and two children...but there are none living with him. Soon, the folks in this small town begin wondering and putting two and two together....and coming up with 7. What really is going on here?

Again, if the story was just told in a normal fashion, it would have been far more engagin. Instead, it's like watching a silent movie with someone narrating EVERYTHING. Pretty dull as a result.