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Not as a Stranger (1955) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Stanley Kramer and produced by Stanley Kramer.

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Morton Thompson’s Not as a Stranger (1955)

By John Grant on Feb 15, 2014 From Noirish

vt Not as a Stranger US / 136 minutes / bw / Kramer, UA Dir & Pr: Stanley Kramer Scr: Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt Story: Not as a Stranger (1954) by Morton Thompson Cine: Franz Planer Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Charles Bickford, M... Read full article


Not as a Stranger (1955)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

"It isn't enough for you to have a brain. You have to have a heart." Producer Stanley Kramer had staked his claim in Hollywood. After a string of successful films, he was ready to tackle being a director. For his directorial debut, he set his sights on Morton Tompson's bestselling novel Not as a S... Read full article


Not as a Stranger (1955)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

"It isn't enough for you to have a brain. You have to have a heart." Producer Stanley Kramer had staked his claim in Hollywood. After a string of successful films, he was ready to tackle being a director. For his directorial debut, he set his sights on Morton Tompson's bestselling novel Not as a S... Read full article


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Dr. Aarons: [Saying farewell to his graduating interns] Good-bye and God bless all of you... and don't endorse any cigarettes!


Alfred Boone: [to Lucas] Sometimes I wish I had 75 more pounds. I'd belt you one!


Dr. Aarons: [to the interns in the operating theater] I have been a pathologist for over 25 years. I haven't gotten a single laugh out of it yet.


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Facts about

The first film directed by Stanley Kramer.
The name of the procedure that Lucas was arguing about with Dr. Dietrich is called a vagotomy. At the time this film was made, it was a common procedure but it is rarely performed nowadays.
This is one of the first films where an actual human heart is seen beating during open-heat surgery.
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