Stranger on the Third Floor
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Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir often cited as one of the earliest examples of the genre, known for its expressionistic style and psychological tension.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stranger on the Third Floor canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Nicholas Musuraca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | often cited as one of the earliest film noirs ⓘ |
| director | Boris Ingster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Robert Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
chiaroscuro cinematography
ⓘ
expressionist lighting ⓘ stylized dream sequence ⓘ subjective camera ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Production Code era film ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of American film noir
ⓘ
expressionistic visual style ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ use of dream sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | RKO film catalog ⓘ |
| producer | Lee Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-08-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 64 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frank Partos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Waldron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elisabeth Risdon NERFINISHED ⓘ Elisha Cook Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ John McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Tallichet NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lorre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of the justice system
ⓘ
guilt and paranoia ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.