Never Love a Stranger
| Never Love a Stranger | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Stevens |
| Produced by |
Richard Day Peter Gettinger Harold Robbins |
| Written by |
Richard Day Harold Robbins |
| Starring |
John Drew Barrymore Steve McQueen Robert Bray |
| Music by | Raymond Scott |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Sidney Katz |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
Release dates | June 22, 1958 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
Main cast
- John Drew Barrymore as Frankie Kane
- Lita Milan as Julie, Maid to the Cabell Family
- Steve McQueen as Martin Cabell
- Robert Bray as "Silk" Fennelli
- Salem Ludwig as Moishe Moscowitz
- R.G. Armstrong as Flix
- Douglas Rodgers as Brother Bernard
- Felice Orlandi as Bert
- Augusta Merighi as Mrs. Cozzolina
- Abe Simon as "Fats" Crown
- Vitina Marcus as Frances Kane