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Strangers in the Night
UNITED STATES · 1944

Strangers in the Night

Anthony Mann
post-war trauma obsession delusion small-town secrets unrequited desire
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Synopsis

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

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