The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.

Cast

Conrad Veidt

as The Stranger

Rène Ray

as Stasia

Frank Cellier

as Wright

Anna Lee

as Vivian Tomkin

John Turnbull

as Major Tomkin

Cathleen Nesbitt

as Mrs. Tomkin

Ronald Ward

as Chris Penny

Beatrix Lehmann

as Miss Kite

Jack Livesey

as Mr. Larkcom

Sara Allgood

as Mrs. de Hooley

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Don't be put off by the rather convoluted title. This is quite a clever story of man's inhumanity to his fellow creature. Frank Cellier is "Wright" by name, but seldom by nature in this tale of a group of lodgers living in his old London boarding house. The occupant's lives vacillate between occasio...

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