Rachel and the Stranger

1948 film by Norman Foster
Movie film Q3282724
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Summary

Rachel and the Stranger is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (528 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Norman Foster[3]
  • Screenwriter: Howard Fast[4], Waldo Salt[5]
  • Composer: Roy Webb[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7], Western film[8], comedy film[9]
  • Cast member: Loretta Young[10], William Holden[11], Robert Mitchum[12], Tom Tully[13], Frank Ferguson[14], Gary Gray[15], Sara Haden[16], Walter Baldwin[17]
  • Production company: RKO Pictures[18]
  • Director of photography: Maury Gertsman[19]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[20]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[21]
  • Review score: 6.5/10[22], 67%[23]
  • Color: black-and-white[24]
  • Country of origin: United States[25]
  • Publication date: September 20, 1948[26]
  • Distributed by: RKO Pictures[27]
  • Narrative location: Ohio[28]
  • Title: Rachel and the Stranger[29]
  • Duration: 80 minutes[30]
  • Costume designer: Edith Head[31]
  • Production designer: Albert S. D'Agostino[32]
  • P14449: 122499[33]

Why It Matters

Rachel and the Stranger has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 42m ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema film id → 7439
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'simple']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/61365|batch #61365]]"
  2. 7w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Personality database work id → 40556
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Personality database work id: 40556, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322267991|Rachel and the Stranger (#322267991)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8402|"
  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 178723
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 178723, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
  4. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Production designer → Albert S. D'Agostino
    P14449 → 122499
    Publication date → +1948-09-20T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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