Rachel And The Stranger.

A bondwoman bride is unloved by her husband until a roaming hunter notices her charms. Shows pioneer life, including struggles with the Indians, in the Ohio frontier territory in the early 1800's.

David Harvey (William Holden) is a recent widower living in the wilderness. He gets talked into buying the contract of an indentured servant named Rachel (Loretta Young) and marrying her. Rachel serves more as a servant than a wife and Davey resents what he sees as an attempt to replace his dead mother Susan. Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum) visits and falls in love with Rachel.

Credits

Cast
William Holden, Loretta Young

Copyright

Complete catalog record
RACHEL AND THE STRANGER. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. Presented by Dore Schary. 93 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel, "Rachel," by Howard Fast. Summary: A bondwoman bride is unloved by her husband until a roaming hunter notices her charms. Shows pioneer life, including struggles with the Indians, in the Ohio frontier territory in the early 1800's. Credits: Producer, Richard H. Berger; director, Norman Foster; film editor, Lea Milbrook; screenplay and lyrics, Waldo Salt; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff. © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 11Sep48; LP1864.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q3282724 ↗ — country