Stranger on the Prowl
1952 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 268 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Losey
Overview
A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.
Dialogue Timeline — 591 lines
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00:01:44 Stowaway.
00:04:27 He wanted to sell me a useless piece of iron.
00:08:17 You won't have to be ashamed of me.
00:11:12 Giacomo! Giacomo!
00:13:26 Can't I just go look at the circus? And who delivers the laundry, who?
00:17:41 What you mean "You don't want to buy any today?"
00:20:46 You see, it's much too small for her.
00:22:57 - Signor Pucci. - Yes?
00:28:14 Fine.
00:34:23 I would have gone to jail.
00:36:42 Throw it away!
00:41:20 to crush them.
00:44:00 Hurry!
00:46:17 Now you see where you are.
00:49:03 The police are everywhere, we haven't go a chance!
00:53:09 I might have been finished.
00:55:50 They're trying to send me to the butcher's.
00:59:00 We're friends, aren't we?
01:03:33 Your police department
01:09:36 when nobody's watch-
01:12:36 Help!
01:14:37 I wanna tell you-
01:16:03 Father.
01:20:12 Did you?
Cast & Characters
Paul Muni
The Stranger With A Gun
Joan Lorring
Angela, a lonely woman
Vittorio Manunta
Giacomo, a small boy
Luisa Rossi
Giacomo's Mother
Aldo Silvani
Peroni, the junk dealer
Arnoldo Foà
Inspector-in-Charge
Alfredo Varelli
The Neighborhood Patrolman
Héléna Manson
Grocery Store Clerk (victim)
Fausta Mazzucchelli
Giacomo's Little Sister
Cesare Trapani
Tall Boy
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed591
Dialogue density6.6 lines / min
First line00:01:44
Final line01:20:12
Production Record
DirectorJoseph Losey
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes268