The Stranger Left No Card is a 1952 British short film directed by Wendy Toye[1] and starring Alan Badel in his screen debut.

A stranger arrives in a small town, costumed as a flamboyant itinerant magician with a folding bag of tricks.

The transition from the wacky atmosphere of the beginning to the grim business of the second half is cleverly handled, thanks in part to the capable performance of Alan Badel.

[6] The film was remade, also directed by Toye, as Stranger In Town (1982), an episode of the British television series Tales of the Unexpected, starring Derek Jacobi and Clive Swift.

[7] "Here Today..." in Black Cat Mystery #50, June 1954, is an uncredited comic book adaptation with art by Sid Check and Frank Frazetta.