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Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger

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

19556.22h 15m

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.

Directed by Stanley Kramer
Written by Morton Thompson, Edward Anhalt, Edna Anhalt
Produced by Stanley Kramer
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Top Cast

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Lucas Marsh

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Alfred Boone

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Harriet Lang

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

Dr. Aarons

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Dr. Dave W. Runkleman

Myron McCormick

Myron McCormick

Dr. Clem Snider

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Job Marsh

Jesse White

Jesse White

Ben Cosgrove

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Oley

Themes & Keywords

marriage crisissurgeonmarriage of conveniencedoctoroperating roominternopen heart surgerysurgical internsdoctor nurse relationshipunplanned pregnancymedical collegesecret pregnancyhospital settingdeveloping promising medical professionals

About Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger is a drama, romance film released in 1955 exploring themes of marriage crisis, surgeon, marriage of convenience, doctor, operating room, intern. Directed by Stanley Kramer, it stars Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra. 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.

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