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The Gaunt Stranger

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Countries: UK,
Release Date: February 22, 1940
Year: 1940
Runtime:73 mins
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A suspense thriller with virtually the entire cast under suspicion of murder. In this, the third of at least 4 film versions of the Edgar Wallace story, John Longden plays the police inspector for the second time. The inspector and a police surgeon team up to find the killer who has just announced his (or her) intention to kill a lawyer.

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Alexander Knox     , Arthur Hambling     , Charles Eaton     , George Merritt     , John Longden     , Louise Henry     , Patricia Roc     , Patrick Barr     , Peter Croft     , Sonnie Hale     , Wilfrid Lawson