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Not as a Stranger (1955) Facts
| Director(s) | Stanley Kramer |
| Producer(s) | Stanley Kramer |
| Featured Cast | Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford |
| Total Facts | 3 |
The first film directed by Stanley Kramer.
The name of the procedure that Lucas was arguing about with Dr. Dietrich is called a vagotomy. At the time this film was made, it was a common procedure but it is rarely performed nowadays.
This is one of the first films where an actual human heart is seen beating during open-heat surgery.