Stranger in the House

Just when the sounds make you feel crazy ... and the lights shine right through your head ... and everything starts to fly ...

5.2
19671h 44m

John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.

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Cast

Photo of James Mason

James Mason

John Sawyer

Photo of Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Angela Sawyer

Photo of Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin

Barney Teale

Photo of Ian Ogilvy

Ian Ogilvy

Desmond Flower

Photo of Pippa Steel

Pippa Steel

Sue Phillips

Photo of Clive Morton

Clive Morton

Col. Flower

Photo of Moira Lister

Moira Lister

Mrs. Flower

Photo of James Hayter

James Hayter

Harry Hawkins

Photo of Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

Mrs. Christoforides

Photo of Lisa Daniely

Lisa Daniely

Diana Sawyer

Photo of Yootha Joyce

Yootha Joyce

Shooting Range Girl

Photo of Toni Palmer

Toni Palmer

Doorwoman

Photo of Sheila White

Sheila White

Hazel (uncredited)

Photo of Rita Webb

Rita Webb

Mrs. Plaskett (uncredited)

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Reviews

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CinemaSerf

6/10

This is an odd choice of Simenon novel to adapt into a film. It provides for a good role for James Mason as the drunkard solicitor "Sawyer" - a bright, intelligent operator who has hits the skids somewhat after his wife abandoned him, and he became oddly estranged from his daughter "Angela" (an effective, almost aloof Geradine Chaplin), with whom he shares a home. Otherwise, the rest of the roles are weak, wet even. When her boyfriend "Jo" (Paul Bertoya) is accused of a murder, "Sawyer" determines to raise his game and defend the young man. To be fair, this is a small tour de force for the star, who does deliver well. The rest of the story borders on the facile. The collective surrounding "Angela" - a bunch of wealthy no-hope wasters with Bobby Darin and a very dapper looking Ian Ogilvy, are thoroughly disengaging and but for a suitably grumpy performance from James Hayter as chief magistrate "Hawkins" one could reasonably be forgiven for reaching for the fast forward button. The ending, doubtless a superlative piece of deduction from Mason is almost irrelevant - by this point I really couldn't care less about any of the characters and, indeed, may well have reached for a glass myself (it's not yet 10am, so perhaps not!). At best it's a mediocre short story that has little enough to sustain it for the viewer, sorry.

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