A Stranger Among Us

A Stranger Among Us
Theatrical release poster
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
Production company	Hollywood Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	July 17, 1992 (1992-07-17)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million[1]
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.^[2] 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.