Stranger on the Third Floor

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat, and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.

Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 drama mystery movie directed by Boris Ingster, starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 5,107 votes and runs 1h 4m.