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Never Love a Stranger
Film posterDirected by Robert Stevens Produced by Richard Day
Peter Gettinger
Harold RobbinsWritten by Richard Day
Harold RobbinsStarring John Drew Barrymore
Steve McQueen
Lita Milan
Robert BrayMusic by Raymond Scott Cinematography Lee Garmes Editing by Sidney Katz Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures Release date(s) 1958 Running time 91 minutes Country United States Language English Never Love A Stranger is a 1958 crime and gangster film shot in black and white starring John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, and Robert Bray, and featuring a young Steve McQueen.
The noir film is about Frankie Kane (Barrymore) who is brought up in a Catholic orphanage. He befriends a Jewish law student named Martin Cabell (McQueen) and becomes romantically involved with Cabell's sister Julie (Milan). Kane learns later that he is also Jewish, and when told he will be removed from the orphanage and moved to a Jewish home he runs away and turns to a life of crime. Later, after joining a major crime syndicate, he reconnects with Julie, finally deciding to join Martin, now a District Attorney in shutting down the syndicate.
Main cast
- John Drew Barrymore as Frankie Kane
- Lita Milan as Julie Cabell
- Steve McQueen as Martin Cabell
- Robert Bray as "Silk" Fennelli
- Salem Ludwig as Moishe Moscowitz
- R.G. Armstrong as Flix
- Douglas Rodgers as Brother Bernard
- Felice Orlandi as Bert
- Augusta Merighi as Mrs. Cozzolina
- Abe Simon as "Fats" Crown
- Vitina Marcus as Frances Kane
References
External links
Films directed by Robert Stevens 1950s The Big Caper (1957) · Never Love a Stranger (1958)1960s Categories:- English-language films
- 1958 films
- American films
- Film noir
- Gangster films
- Allied Artists films
- Films directed by Robert Stevens
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