Review of Not as a Stranger (1955) by Sylvester E — 28 Feb 2010
Classic hollywood starring Robert Mitchum as a medical student struggling to make ends meet. He marries a hard-working nurse, played by the lovely Oliva de Haviland, so that he can afford tuition. Problem is, she really loves him, and he just wants to use her.
Mitchum plays the not-so-nice guy role eerily well. Frank Sinatra steals many scenes as Mitchum's med school classmate who's in it for the pretty nurses and fat paychecks and who gets an allowance from his rich father.
I'm not sure, but I have a feeling this film may have been groundbreaking at the time (1955) for showing a real/fake? heart beating during surgery, as well as a medical team handling a trauma in the hospital.
Black & white with nice musical score.
This review of Not as a Stranger (1955) was written by Sylvester E on 28 Feb 2010.
Not as a Stranger has generally received mixed reviews.
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