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Stranger On The Third Floor (1940) - (Movie Clip) Star Reporter

Margaret Tallichet (best known in Hollywood as Mrs. William Wyler, after her retirement from the screen in 1941) as Jane, has an innocent visit with boyfriend Michael (John McGuire), opening the RKO programmer often cited as the first Film Noir, Stranger On The Third Floor, 1940.

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