The Foreigner is a 1978 American independent no wave film directed by Amos Poe starring Eric Mitchell with semi-improvised appearances by Patti Astor, Anya Phillips and Debbie Harry.

The dialog is sometimes inaudible while the black and white cinematography of Chirine El Khadem (with art direction of Sam Blank) is often exceptionally good, with some severe upward angle-shots of the World Trade Towers and artistic non-narrative camera work at the conclusion of the film as the protagonist (Max Menace) races on foot through the crowded sidewalks of Broadway.

[2] A Frenchman named Max Menace (played by Eric Mitchell in a white suit and black tie) is a blond secret agent who arrives in New York City on an unstated (perhaps political assassination) mission.

Regardless, boredom sets in for Max as he waits at the Hotel Chelsea for his assignment, so he begins wandering around the city encountering some wanton women and a variety of post-punk weirdos and creeps.

Here too, alienation thrusts the anti-hero into an unstructured and purposely-meandering storyline that ends with his murder at Battery Park, with a view of the Statue of Liberty in the distant background.