Strangers in the Night

1944 · 56 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 865 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Mann

Overview

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. Its the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.

Dialogue Timeline — 717 lines

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00:01:23 C'mon boys, take him out.
00:04:11 Sometimes I can hardly believe that she's my daughter.
00:06:30 You see, people are not quite used to women doctors.
00:08:19 Good evening, Sergeant. Glad to be back?
00:10:25 I'm trying to cure myself from feeling like a freak.
00:12:30 Ain't she kind of young to be a doctor?
00:14:35 I picked it up at the Red Cross. There was a girl's name on the fly leaf
00:17:06 You gotta be careful with a car up here.
00:19:34 Not at all. I imagine a few days in Monteflores will be very restful.
00:21:57 Except Rosemary.
00:24:30 - Yes? - I want to talk to you.
00:26:36 - I, Dr. Ross... - Yes?
00:28:44 Yeah, more or less if we were a high class crap game using flowers for dice.
00:30:42 - I have been here two days now and I still don't know. - Johnny...
00:33:02 Fine. There's something I want to talk to you about.
00:34:45 - You've got what, Johnny? - The portrait.
00:36:39 - Very well, I'll tell her. - Who is it?
00:40:22 I don't think the doctor will help you very much, Ivy.
00:42:52 Ivy, you silly child, it's only milk. Look.
00:45:48 Except my loneliness.
00:47:38 Even it was only fiction.
00:49:49 - I'll ask her to come down. - Oh, I wouldn't disturb her.
00:51:35 How do you know?
01:00:00 paint portray of an imaginary girl.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed717
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:01:23
Final line01:00:00

Production Record

DirectorAnthony Mann
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes865