Stranger at My Door is a 1956 American western drama film directed by William Witney and starring Macdonald Carey, Patricia Medina and Skip Homeier.PopMattersThe New York Times It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.
Plot Outlaw Clay Anderson and his gang rob the town bank and flee in different directions. Clay's horse gives out and he is forced to hide at a nearby farm. Clay soon discovers that the farm belongs to preacher Hollis Jarret, the preacher's son and new wife. The preacher lets Clay stay at the farm, his faith leading him to try to convince the outlaw to turn over a new leaf.
Cast Macdonald Carey as Hollis Jarret Patricia Medina as Peg Jarret Skip Homeier as Clay Anderson Stephen Wootton as 'Dodie' Jarret Louis Jean Heydt as Sheriff John Tatum Howard Wright as 'Doc' Parks Slim Pickens as Ben Silas Malcolm Atterbury as Rev. Hastings
Legacy Quentin Tarantino called it a "classic" with "the most amazing and terrifying breaking-the- unbreakable-horse sequence in the history of western cinema, including Monte Walsh. Witney became so renowned in the industry for this sequence that when he started directing western TV shows, he was usually brought in to helm their breaking-the-unbreakable-horse episode."
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