In an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.In an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.In an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.
Nancy Reagan
- Marge Fontaine
- (as Nancy Davis)
Stanley Andrews
- Mr. Wetzell - Orange Grower
- (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
- Woman
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
- Soloway
- (uncredited)
Wayne A. Farlow
- Twin Boy
- (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer
- Mrs. Campbell
- (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
- Rosa - Grocery Clerk
- (uncredited)
Jon Gardner
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Donald Gordon
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Harry Hines
- Talmadge
- (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
- Gregory - Boy in San Sala
- (uncredited)
Charles La Torre
- Batastini - Grocer
- (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
- Clarence the Bookkeeper
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaMade during the height of the Joseph McCarthy era, this film is an allegory of the anti-communist fervor that commanded America's headlines at the time. Ironically, co-star and M-G-M contract player Nancy Reagan (née Davis) previously had her career derailed when she was erroneously branded a communist in one of the many red-baiting publications of the time. She sought dispensation from the then-president of the Screen Actors Guild, Ronald Reagan. This was how they met and they married a month before this film was released.
- GoofsThe boy Robert Jr. talks to in San Sala says Dr. Mahler went missing and in October and that it was now January. However, at the end of the film, Camille speaks as if her early November birthday was very recent (remarking that Robert didn't get her a present).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Noir Alley: Talk About a Stranger (2018)
Featured review
It made a great statement on first impressions
Talk about a Stranger had a lot of very good moral implications. I enjoyed the story, and the characters in it, flaws and all. It was a great reminder to look deeper than what we might project onto others or a first impression and the damage it can do. It became somewhat suspenseful in parts. It did not seem dated to me. A good movie with a good moral lesson...wish we could have more movies like this today.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Enemy
- Filming locations
- Morey Mansion, 190 Terracina Blvd, Redlands, California, USA(House of Dr. Paul Mahler, alias Matlock in the film.)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $481,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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