Excellent, a Must See

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

"Love From A Stranger" is notable as one of the first film adaptations of Agatha Christie's work, and certainly the earliest that is commercially available today. The first three quarters of its length are not too thrilling (they are a little padded - the script was based on a short Christie story, after all), and Basil Rathbone's eyebrow-raising gives away his evil intentions too early (to be more specific, at the scene where he gets Ann Harding to sign the papers about their new house), but the last 20 minutes will have you glued to your seat. I would go as far as describing them as a masterclass in building screen suspense. Also fun to watch a young Joan Hickson, one of the future Miss Marples, playing someone on the opposite side of the intellectual spectrum. **1/2 out of 4.

This movie is not all that.It's over acted and the story is silly.Poorly constructed.Since this is now in the public domain, the prints are awful.Carol wins the lottery. But unfortunately her sudden wealth leads to a disagreement with her fiancé Ronald.The two break up. Carol quickly falls in love with the romantic and mysterious Gerald, and marries him despite the warnings of her friends. It is not long before Carol begins to see that Gerald is disturbed and perhaps even dangerous, and she soon realizes that she is in great peril.

The most interesting thing about this trifle from a modern perspective is that if features Joan Hickson in the role of a maid. The interest rests on the fact that this is an adaptation of a story by Agatha Christie and Hickson went on to play Christie's Miss Marple on television. It's hoary to say the least, Ann Harding wins a fortune on the lottery and within minutes Basil Rathbone appears to begin charming her out of it and, for an encore, killing her. Of course, as we know, the best laid plans ... so it's just a matter of sitting it out until the last reel when he finally gets his. It's reasonably well done but light years short of what Hollywood was doing with the same genre at the same time. Novelty appeal mostly.

This is a movie based on a Agatha Christie story.Basil Rathbone plays Gerald he is a great actor. Ann Harding who plays Carol wins the lottery. It show how easily she is fooled by sweet talk from a man, a stranger no less. She is a very generous and kind hearted soul. You want to kind of slap her and wake her up, she believes the best in someone she hardly knows. She breaks off her engagement with Ronnie and goes off on a trip where Gerald shows up on the same ship and befriends her. Gerald & Carol marry soon after. Gerald buys a house with her money where there are no neighbors, phones or regular contacts. He starts acting strange and shows his anger towards her that scares her & starts to make her question his sanity. He makes her read a story out loud of a criminal named Fletcher that killed 3 women from a book about criminals. He then tells her how he knows what women want and how he uses them. She gets a wake call. Gerald has an ending in store for his new bride Carol, and boy does she have one for him. It is kind of funny watching the two inter-re-act while she goes into detail and drama about how she killed someone. He is really into her story. Now go watch it!!