A Stranger Among Us
| A Stranger Among Us | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Written by | Robert J. Avrech |
| Produced by | Steve Golin Howard Rosenman Sigurjón Sighvatsson |
| Starring | Melanie Griffith |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| Edited by | Andrew Mondshein |
| Music by | Jerry Bock |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (United States and Canada) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (International) |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $12 million |
A Stranger Among Us is a 1992 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Melanie Griffith. It tells the story of an undercover police officer's experiences in a Hasidic community. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. It is often cited as one of Lumet's two failures of the 1990s, the other being Guilty as Sin (1993). Despite the poor reviews suffered by both these films, Lumet received the 1993 D. W. Griffith Award of the Directors Guild of America. The film was also the first credited role for actor James Gandolfini. The shooting of the film was used as an example in Lumet's book Making Movies.