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- 1955
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 15 m
- 1955
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 15 m
Summary An ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Written By: Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, Morton Thompson
- 1955
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 15 m
- 1955
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 15 m
Not as a Stranger
55
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Summary An ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
Written By: Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, Morton Thompson
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Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
20% Positive
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1 Review
80% Mixed
4 Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
80% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Not As A Stranger taps into the raging fury and animal sexuality lurking underneath Mitchum’s quiet-storm demeanor; the film’s redemptive arc requires him to realize what he has in a good, wholesome woman like de Havilland, but Mitchum’s bedroom eyes and leering swagger suggest that he really belongs to a femme fatale like Grahame, who undoubtedly tumbled out of the womb clutching a cigarette in one hand and a glass of scotch in the other.
The exceptional cast helps to while away the platitudes and pieties, provided you can accept the likes of Mitchum, Sinatra and Marvin as somewhat wrinkly students.
The book featured lots of sexy scenes, but the film adaptation is, at best, cool and dispassionate. Mitchum's facial expressions seem to fall into two categories: sullen and sour.
It is loaded with hospital lore, coldly realistic and compelling, but also it is creeping with ponderous characters. With so much dissecting in his picture—and so much of it being good—it is too bad that Mr. Kramer couldn't have done a little on his characters.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination
