Medical soap opera with all the trimmings

I can't BELIEVE this has been SO overlooked!!

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Stranley Kramer, director, with Olivia De Havilland, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra on the set of "Not as a Stranger," 1954.

Stranley Kramer, director, with Olivia De Havilland, Frank Sinatra, and Robert Mitchum on the set of "Not as a Stranger," 1954.

Stanley Kramer, director, and Robert Mitchum on the set of "Not as a Stranger," 1954.

Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Charles Bickford, Broderick Crawford, and Gloria Grahame in Not as a Stranger (1955)

Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger (1955)

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Olivia de Havilland

Frank Sinatra

Robert Mitchum

Edna Anhalt

Edward Anhalt

Morton Thompson

Intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, an ego-driven aspiring physician comes to grips with his own imperfections.

Stanley Kramer

Not as a Stranger

I can&apos;t BELIEVE this has been SO overlooked!!

I&apos;ve just been treated to this wonderful film, courtesy of the wonderful TCM, and while it is not the best film ever made, and is indeed flawed, I can&apos;t believe this has been SO overlooked as it has!! This takes place in then-modern day 1955, which, if you think about it, is just after the Korean war. I&apos;m a BIG fan of the TV series &quot;M*A*S*H,&quot; so a film mostly concerning surgeons in the mid-&apos;50s has GOT to interest me. But the real surprise here is that, as popular as giant stars like Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, and Broderick Crawford were at the time of this film&apos;s release, more hasn&apos;t been said about it since then. In other words, I should&apos;ve heard of it long before now.

Mitchum and Sinatra are chums at a medical school, and their prime professor is Crawford. Mitchum is the student EXTREMELY determined to become a doctor, as opposed to Sinatra and other friends, who are pretty half-assed in their desires. Then, Mitchum finds he&apos;s having troubles coming up with enough money to finance the tuition for his next year of education. Suddenly, he meets and falls in love with a Swedish nurse, who has plenty of money to help him through the hard times. So Mitchum then marries the lady. Mitchum&apos;s friend Sinatra thinks this is a bad thing to do, and tells him so, but life goes on. Like I said, this is not a movie without flaws, but it&apos;s so full of rich performances and a cast of unbelievable stars of past and present (hey, when was the last time you saw the Little Rascals&apos; Alfalfa and the Beverly Hillbillies&apos; Miss Jane in the same movie?). This is so totally worth seeing. As a fan of old movies, and having a total appreciation for Mitchum, Sinatra, Ms. de Havilland and Crawford, this was an unexpected joy to behold. ***, out of ****

An ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.

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I've just been treated to this wonderful film, courtesy of the wonderful TCM, and while it is not the best film ever made, and is indeed flawed, I can't believe this has been SO overlooked as it has!! This takes place in then-modern day 1955, which, if you think about it, is just after the Korean war. I'm a BIG fan of the TV series "M*A*S*H," so a film mostly concerning surgeons in the mid-'50s has GOT to interest me. But the real surprise here is that, as popular as giant stars like Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, and Broderick Crawford were at the time of this film's release, more hasn't been said about it since then. In other words, I should've heard of it long before now.

Mitchum and Sinatra are chums at a medical school, and their prime professor is Crawford. Mitchum is the student EXTREMELY determined to become a doctor, as opposed to Sinatra and other friends, who are pretty half-assed in their desires. Then, Mitchum finds he's having troubles coming up with enough money to finance the tuition for his next year of education. Suddenly, he meets and falls in love with a Swedish nurse, who has plenty of money to help him through the hard times. So Mitchum then marries the lady. Mitchum's friend Sinatra thinks this is a bad thing to do, and tells him so, but life goes on. Like I said, this is not a movie without flaws, but it's so full of rich performances and a cast of unbelievable stars of past and present (hey, when was the last time you saw the Little Rascals' Alfalfa and the Beverly Hillbillies' Miss Jane in the same movie?). This is so totally worth seeing. As a fan of old movies, and having a total appreciation for Mitchum, Sinatra, Ms. de Havilland and Crawford, this was an unexpected joy to behold. ***, out of ****

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