Stranger in the House
“Just when the sounds make you feel crazy ... and the lights shine right through your head ... and everything starts to fly ...”
Director: Pierre Rouve
Producer: Dimitri De Grunwald
Overview
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.
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Cast
James Mason
John Sawyer
Geraldine Chaplin
Angela Sawyer
Bobby Darin
Barney Teale
Paul Bertoya
Jo Christoforides
Ian Ogilvy
Desmond Flower
Bryan Stanion
Peter Hawkins
Pippa Steel
Sue Phillips
Clive Morton
Col. Flower
Moira Lister
Mrs. Flower
James Hayter
Harry Hawkins
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Christoforides
Lisa Daniely
Diana Sawyer
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Reviews
6.0CinemaSerf
August 28, 2023
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…