Not as a Stranger

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

6.244

135 min

Cast

Robert Mitchum

as Lucas Marsh

Olivia de Havilland

as Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh

Frank Sinatra

as Alfred Boone

Gloria Grahame

as Harriet Lang

Broderick Crawford

as Dr. Aarons

Charles Bickford

as Dr. Dave W. Runkleman

Myron McCormick

as Dr. Clem Snider

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Job Marsh

Jesse White

as Ben Cosgrove

Harry Morgan

as Oley

Lee Marvin

as Brundage

Virginia Christine

as Bruni

Whit Bissell

as Dr. Dietrich

Jack Raine

as Dr. Lettering

Mae Clarke

as Nurse Odell

William Vedder

as Carlisle Emmons

John Dierkes

as Bursar

Gail Bonney

as Mrs. Fields (uncredited)

King Donovan

as Mr. Slocum (uncredited)

Al Murphy

as Patient Being Restrained (scenes deleted)

David Alpert

as Ear, Nose & Throat Intern (uncredited)

Robert Bailey

as Charlie - Patient in Recovery Ward (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

Jerry Paris

as Thompson (uncredited)

Stafford Repp

as Doctor (uncredited)

Director

Stanley Kramer