Friday, April 5, 2019

Thursday, April 4 - Stranger on the Prowl

Stranger on the Prowl (1952) Imbarco a mezzanotte (original title)

Paul Muni plays a homeless stranger looking to escape and start a new life by boarding a ship but he doesn't have the money. He tries to raise money by selling his only possession, a gun. Hungry he steals some food from a confectionery and when confronted by the shop owner accidentally kills her.

It was here that he crossed paths with a young boy, who had been sent by his mother to buy milk and return laundry but on the way he lost the money in a marbles game. Unable to buy the milk he steals it just before the Stranger came into the same confectionery.

The two are now on the lam and join forces, with young Giacomo thinking the police are looking for him for stealing the milk.

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