[1] Some episodes relied more on video than on words, with the stranger "often having scarcely a mouthful of dialogue.

[1] The series was produced and directed by Frank Telford, with Nelson Gidding and Carey Wilbur as writers.

[5] Geritol, which sponsored The Stranger, cancelled it because only 23 DuMont affiliates carried the series.

[citation needed] They stated the series was, like several other DuMont programs during the 1953-1954 season, "doomed from the start by third-rate scripts and cheap production" and called the program a "stale pulp adventure".

Two episodes from 1954 exist at UCLA: The Build Up from September 24 and The Biter Bit from November 12.