Man in the Shadow (1957 British film)

Man in the Shadow (U.S. title Violent Stranger) is a 1957 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Zachary Scott and Faith Domergue. It was written by Maisie Sharman.

The film was retitled for the US market because of the release of the American film of the same name in the same year.

Cast

 * Zachary Scott as John Lewis Sullivan
 * Faith Domergue as Barbara Peters
 * Peter Illing as Carlo Raffone
 * Faith Brook as Joan Lennox
 * John Welsh as Inspector Hunt
 * Julian Strange as Detective Sergeant
 * Gordon Jackson as Jimmy Norris
 * Kay Callard as Pamela Norris
 * Harold Siddons as Colin Wells
 * John Horsley as Alan Peters
 * Fabia Drake as Sister Veronica

Critical reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "A workmanlike job, eficctively varnished, it will intrigue and thrill the ninepennies. ... The picture feels its way a trifle gingerly at first, but once its plot assumes definite shape it steadily grips."