• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Melodrama, Marriage Drama
• Themes: Crumbling Marriages, Death of a Child
• Director: Roy Rowland
• Main Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Mary Jo Tarola, Monica Lewis, Jane Darwell
• Release Year: 1953
• Country: US
• Run Time: 89 minutes

Plot

Told in flashback, Affair with a Stranger recounts the deteriorating marriage of playwright Victor Mature and model Jean Simmons. The union is strained by the death of Jean's baby and the pressure of Victor's career. A scheming actress (Monica Lewis) makes a play for Mature, leading Jean to file for divorce. The couple is brought back together by the adoption of a baby (the "stranger" of the title). Affair with a Stranger is unabashed soap opera, made plausible by the sensitive performance of Jean Simmons. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jean Simmons - Carolyn Parker
• Victor Mature - Bill Blakely
• Mary Jo Tarola - Dolly Murray
• Monica Lewis - Janet Boothe
• Jane Darwell - Ma Stanton

Dabbs Greer - Happy Murray; Wally Vernon - Joe; Nicholas Joy - George Craig; Olive Carey - Cynthia Craig; Victoria Horne - Mrs. Wallace; Lillian Bronson - Miss Crutcher; George Cleveland - Pop; Billy Chapin - The Older Timmy

Credit

George J. Amy - Editor; Sam Coslow - Songwriter; Richard Flournoy - Screenwriter; Roy Rowland - Director; Robert Sparks - Producer; Harry J. Wild - Cinematographer