Strange Intruder

Strange Intruder
Directed byIrving Rapper
Written byThe Shades Will Not Vanish by Helen Fowler
Screenplay byDavid Evans
Warren Douglas
Produced byLindsley Parsons
StarringEdmund Purdom
Ida Lupino
Ann Harding
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byMaurice Wright
Music byPaul Dunlap
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • September 2, 1956 (1956-09-02)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]

Strange Intruder is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino and Ann Harding.[2] It was based on the 1952 Australian novel The Shades Will Not Vanish by Helen Fowler. The film was produced by Lindsley Parsons for release by Allied Artists. It was one of a number of noirs featuring Lupino.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Lindsley Parsons Ups Budget to $500,000". Variety. 18 January 1956. p. 3.
  2. ^ Edwards p.99
  3. ^ Spicer p.105
  4. ^ "Strange Intruder". Variety. 5 September 1956. p. 6.