Stranger in the House

1967

Action / Crime / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 306 306

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Plot summary

John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.

Director

Pierre Rouve Photo
Pierre Rouve

Top cast

Sheila White Photo
Sheila White as Hazel
Ian Ogilvy Photo
Ian Ogilvy as Desmond Flower
Lisa Daniely Photo
Lisa Daniely as Diana Sawyer
Tom Kempinski Photo
Tom Kempinski as Shop assistant
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782.39 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds ...
1.48 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

This is an odd choice of Simenon novel

This is an odd choice of Simenon novel to adapt into a film. It provides for a good role for James Mason as the drunkard solicitor "Sawyer" - a bright, intelligent operator who has hits the skids somewhat after his wife abandoned him, and he became oddly estranged from his daughter "Angela" (an effective, almost aloof Geradine Chaplin), with whom he shares a home. Otherwise, the rest of the roles are weak, wet even. When her boyfriend "Jo" (Paul Bertoya) is accused of a murder, "Sawyer" determines to raise his game and defend the young man. To be fair, this is a small tour de force for the star, who does deliver well. The rest of the story borders on the facile. The collective surrounding "Angela" - a bunch of wealthy no-hope wasters with Bobby Darin and a very dapper looking Ian Ogilvy, are thoroughly disengaging and but for a suitably grumpy performance from James Hayter as chief magistrate "Hawkins" one could reasonably be forgiven for reaching for the fast forward button. The ending, doubtless a superlative piece of deduction from Mason is almost irrelevant - by this point I really couldn't care less about any of the characters and, indeed, may well have reached for a glass myself (it's not yet 10am, so perhaps not!). At best it's a mediocre short story that has little enough to sustain it for the viewer, sorry.
Reviewed by mark.waltz 4 / 10

Takes a while to get going, but at least you can enjoy watching James Mason until it does.

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