MEET EDGAR WALLACE’S “THE GAUNT STRANGER” (Cert TBC)

Part of “The British Film” Collection

Edgar Wallace’s best known story, The Ringer is atmospherically adapted into THE GAUNT STRANGER available on DVD courtesy of Network Distributing on 21 October 2013, RRP £9.99. Patrick Barr stars as a beleaguered Scotland Yard investigator, John Longdon is his hawkish superior and Patricia Roc appears in an early film role as a particularly haughty secretary. Also notable as the first film produced at Ealing by Michael Balcon, THE GAUNT STRANGER is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

Detective Inspector Alan Wembury teams up with Lomond, a police doctor, to try to find ‘The Ringer’ – a mysterious, revenge-driven serial killer and master of disguise. When a lawyer receives a bouquet with a note informing him that he’ll be dead in forty-eight hours, Wembury and his men embark on a frantic quest to uncover the killer’s identity…

Special Features:

• Image gallery
• Set design image gallery

NOTES TO EDITORS

THE GAUNT STRANGER                                                                    Release Date:        21 October 2013

RRP:                       £9.99                                                                       Running Time:      69 mins (approx.)

Screen Ratio:        1.33:1

No. of discs:          2                                                             

Catalogue no.       7953953

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