''The Strangers Came'' is a 1949 British

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directed by Alfred Travers and starring Tommy Duggan,

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and Shamus Locke. Some of the film was shot on location in Ireland. It was made as a second feature by the

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company

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Premise

Concerning a self-important American filmmaker who goes to a small Irish village with plans to make a movie about the life of

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Cast

* Tommy Duggan as Stefan Wurlitz *

as Jane McDonald * Shamus Locke as Tom O'Flaherty * Tony Quinn as Hotelier *

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as Manager *

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as Donna del Monte *

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as Widow McDermott *

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as Mary Laffey *

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as Joe Bantham

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1949 films British comedy films 1949 comedy films Films shot in Ireland Films set in Ireland British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub