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Not as a Stranger (1955)

Not as a Stranger (1955)

Drama Romance

Stands alone! First as a book... Now as a motion picture!

Release Date: 1955, July 1
Directors: Stanley Kramer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee Marvin, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Brooks, Gloria Grahame, Robert Mitchum, Whit Bissell, Mae Clarke, King Donovan, Gail Bonney, Jack Raine, Lon Chaney Jr.

Overview:

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

Keywords:

doctor surgeon marriage crisis intern unplanned pregnancy open heart surgery marriage of convenience hospital setting operating room doctor nurse relationship surgical interns medical college developing promising medical professionals