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Never Love A Stranger is a 1958 crime and gangster film that is based on Harold Robbins' 1948 debut novel with the same title. The film was shot in black and white starring John Drew Barrymore and Robert Bray, and featuring a young Steve McQueen.
The noir film is about Frankie Kane (Barrymore) who is brought up in a Catholic orphanage. He befriends a Jewish law student named Martin Cabell (McQueen) and becomes romantically involved with Cabell's sister Julie (Lita Milan). Kane learns later that he is also Jewish, and when told he will be removed from the orphanage and moved to a Jewish home he runs away and turns to a life of crime. Later, after joining a major crime syndicate, he reconnects with Julie, finally deciding to join Martin, now a District Attorney, in shutting down the syndicate.
Original Release
06/22/1958
US Release
06/22/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Drew Barrymore | Francis 'Frankie' Kane |
Lita Milan | Julie Cabell |
Robert Bray | 'Silk' Fennelli |
Steve McQueen | Martin Cabell |
Salem Ludwig | Moishe Moscowitz |
R.G. Armstrong | Flix |
Douglas Rodgers | Brother Bernard |
Felice Orlandi | Bert |
Augusta Merighi | Mrs. Cozzolina |
Vincent Barbi | (as Vince Barbi) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Drew Barrymore | Francis 'Frankie' Kane |
Lita Milan | Julie Cabell |
Robert Bray | 'Silk' Fennelli |
Steve McQueen | Martin Cabell |
Salem Ludwig | Moishe Moscowitz |
R.G. Armstrong | Flix |
Douglas Rodgers | Brother Bernard |
Felice Orlandi | Bert |
Augusta Merighi | Mrs. Cozzolina |
Vincent Barbi | (as Vince Barbi) |
Abe Simon | 'Fats' Crown |
Vitina Marcus | Frances Kane |
Gino Ardito | Willy |
Richard Bright | Street Gang Tough Lookout |
Walter Burke | Jimmy Keough |
Dort Clark | Madigan |
Joe Costa | Joe |
John Dalz | Father Quinn |
Michael Enserro | Tony the Bartender |
Joseph Leberman | Price |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harold Robbins | Producer |
Peter Gettinger | Producer |