''The Stranger'' is a 1987

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-American

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directed by

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and starring Bonnie Bedelia,

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, Barry Primus, Ricardo Darín and Cecilia Roth. It was written by Dan Gurskis. It was released in the United States on December 4, 1987.

Plot

A woman living in

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(Bedelia), who is suffering from

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, discovers that she is the sole surviving witness to a brutal murder. Although the police can find no clues about any murder, the killers begin to hunt her.The Motion Picture Guide Annual Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross - 1988 0933997167 - Page 281 The film's sound quality is also uneven and bothersome, though "Mirrors and Lights" (Mark Mueller, Craig Safan, performed by Debbie Davis), the song heard during the murder scene in "Deadly" and repeated throughout the film, comes ...

Cast

* Bonnie Bedelia ... Alice Kildee *

... Dr. Harris Kite * Barry Primus ... Sergeant Drake *

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... Hobby * Ricardo Darín ... Clark Whistler * Cecilia Roth ... Anita *

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... Jay *

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... Macaw *

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... Rhea * Milton James ... Brandt * Julio Kaufman ... Dr. Hobby * Ernesto Larrese ... Lark * Sacha Favelevic ... Robin * Federico Luppi ... Manager * Miguel Ángel Paludi ... Croupier *

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... Female police officer *

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... White intruder *

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... Black man * Arturo Maly ... Father *

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... Mother *

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... Teenage son * Marina Magali ... Actress * Tito Mendoza ... Hobo *

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... Desk woman * Heidi Froseth ... Fat woman *

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... Desk girl (as Sofia Virobof) *

... Movie goer (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1987 films 1987 thriller films Argentine thriller films English-language Argentine films Films scored by Craig Safan Columbia Pictures films 1980s English-language films 1980s Argentine films {{1980s-Argentina-film-stub