The Gaunt Stranger

The Gaunt Stranger
British poster for The Gaunt Stranger
Directed byWalter Forde
Screenplay bySidney Gilliat
Based onThe Ringer [2]
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byMichael Balcon
Starring
CinematographyRonald Neame
Edited byCharles Saunders
Music byErnest Irving
Production
company
Distributed byABFD (UK)
Release date
  • 10 January 1939 (1939-01-10) (UK)[1]
Running time
74 minutes [3]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£18,022[4]

The Gaunt Stranger (released as The Phantom Strikes in the US) is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde. It stars Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson and Alexander Knox.

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  4. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.