Walk Softly, Stranger

Walk Softly, Stranger

★ 5.1IMDb Score
Released:1950-10-14
Duration:82 min
Director:Robert Stevenson
Actors:Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jack Paar
Production:Dore Schary Productions, RKO Radio Pictures, Vanguard Films

Overview:

Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.

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