Stranger on the Third Floor

STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR - When a reporter whose testimony sentences a small-time loser to the electric chair for murder is himself fingered in a second murder he realizes both crimes are the work of a furtive stranger - but will anyone believe him? Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 film noir, starring Peter Lorre and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was directed by Boris Ingster and written by Frank Partos with Nathanael West (uncredited).