Affair with a Stranger is a 1953 American comedy-drama directed by Roy Rowland and starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature.

Upon release, the film was met with lukewarm reviews, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times calling it "a virtual collection of cliches".

[2] On a train, playwright Bill Blakeley (Victor Mature) fends off the romantic flirtations of Janet Boothe (Monica Lewis), an actress from his play.

But, when wife Carolyn (Jean Simmons) decides not to join him, Bill makes a dinner date with Janet, who plants a story with a gossip columnist about the Blakeleys possibly heading for a divorce.

He finally takes a job as a waiter and slips a copy of a manuscript to a customer, a producer who makes Bill's play a success.

She would make an additional picture for 20th Century Fox while RKO got the services of Victor Mature for one film.

[10] The Los Angeles Times called the story "quite ordinary" and said the film "can't seem to make up its mind if it's comedy or drama.