Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 film by Robert Stevenson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walk Softly, Stranger is a 1950 American romantic drama film starring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli and directed by Robert Stevenson. Also regarded by some as either or both a film noir and crime film, it tells the story of a small-time crook on the run who becomes reformed by the love of a disabled woman.[1]
Walk Softly, Stranger | |
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Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
Screenplay by | Frank Fenton |
Story by | Manny Seff Paul Yawitz |
Produced by | Robert Sparks |
Starring | Joseph Cotten Alida Valli Spring Byington Paul Stewart Jack Paar |
Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
Edited by | Frederic Knudtson |
Music by | Frederick Hollander |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This would be the last RKO credit for famed producer Dore Schary, who would leave the studio soon following the film's completion after clashing with RKO's new owner, Howard Hughes.
Filming ended in June 1948, but Hughes shelved the picture indefinitely, pending changes, especially to its ending. When the pairing of Cotton and Valli earned big headlines for their starring performances in the box office smash Carol Reed film The Third Man in 1949, Hughes resurrected Walk Softly, Stranger and released it in 1950 in an effort to capitalize.
The films's supporting cast features Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, future Tonight Show television talk show host Jack Paar, and John McIntire.