Lucas Marsh (Robert Mitchum), an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina (Olivia de Havilland), 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 (Gloria Grahame) and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin. She reasons he no longer needs her and asks for a divorce. A calamity now brings Marsh to his senses. Dr. Runkleman (Charles Bickford), Marsh's gruff and wise employer, is stricken with a heart attack and requires emergency surgery. Marsh is forced to operate. Director: Stanley Kramer Writers:Edna Anhalt Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Olivia de Havilland ... Kristina Hedvigson Robert Mitchum ... Lucas Marsh Frank Sinatra ... Alfred Boone Gloria Grahame ... Harriet Lang Broderick Crawford ... Dr. Aarons Charles Bickford ... Dr. Dave W. Runkleman Myron McCormick ... Dr. Snider Lon Chaney Jr. ... Job Marsh (as Lon Chaney) Jesse White ... Ben Cosgrove Harry Morgan ... Oley Lee Marvin ... Brundage Virginia Christine ... Bruni Whit Bissell ... Dr. Dietrich Jack Raine ... Dr. Lettering Mae Clarke ... Nurse Odell John Dierkes ... Mr. Revere, Hospital bursar William Vedder ... Carlisle Emmons rest of cast listed alphabetically: Al Murphy ... Patient being restrained (scenes deleted) David Alpert ... Ear, Nose & Throat Intern (uncredited) Robert Bailey ... Charlie, patient in recovery ward (uncredited) Gail Bonney ... Mrs. Fields (uncredited) Ralph Brooks ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) James Conaty ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Jack Daly ... Mr. Clyde (uncredited) King Donovan ... Mr. Slocum (uncredited) Marlo Dwyer ... Patient (uncredited) Franklyn Farnum ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Paul Guilfoyle ... Mr. Burke (uncredited) Don C. Harvey ... Policeman (uncredited) Jimmy Hawkins ... Boy (uncredited) Earle Hodgins ... Sam (uncredited) Gertrude Hoffman ... Mrs. Payton (uncredited) Stuart Holmes ... Greenville patient reading in bed (uncredited) Frank Jenks ... Mr. Parrish (uncredited) Donald Kerr ... Greenville patient getting chest exam (uncredited) Nancy Kulp ... Gertrude (uncredited) Harry Lauter ... Harry, Radio Broadcaster (uncredited) Eve McVeagh ... Mrs. Ferris (uncredited) Frank Mills ... Patient (uncredited) Juanita Moore ... Mrs. Clara Bassett (uncredited) Scotty Morrow ... Mrs. Fields' Son (uncredited) Dorothy Neumann ... Patient (uncredited) Frank Orth ... Greenville patient (uncredited) Jerry Paris ... Thompson (uncredited) Bob Perry ... Man in Typhoid Immunization Line (uncredited) Stafford Repp ... Orientation Doctor (uncredited) Suzanne Ridgeway ... Sidewalk Extra outside Movie Theatre (uncredited) Harry Shannon ... Ed (uncredited) Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer ... Unexpected father (uncredited) Irene Tedrow ... Nurse Snow (uncredited) Arthur Tovey ... Kristina's Father in Photo (uncredited) Herb Vigran ... Lou, Pharmaceutical Salesman (uncredited) Mack Williams ... Man with cast (uncredited) Will Wright ... Mr. Roberts (uncredited) Also Known As: Morton Thompson's Not as a Stranger (USA) (complete title) Runtime:135 min Country:USA Language:English Color:Black and White Sound Mix:Mono (RCA Sound System) Certification:Australia:PG / Finland:K-16 plain packaging
