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Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

CrimeThriller
1951, Movie, 1h 41min
Widely considered one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movies, this classic suspense tale taps into the evil that lies hidden just beneath the surface of each of us. When two strangers—tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger), whose wife will not grant him a divorce, and wealthy but deranged young Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who wants to be rid of his father—happen to meet on a train from Washington to New York, the conversation casually turns to a possibly perfect crime: what if each committed a murder for the other? There is nothing to connect the two men and no apparent motive for either killing. When the trip ends, Guy believes the conversation was hypothetical, and that he will never see Bruno again—but his new acquaintance has surprises in store for him. Hard-boiled crime novelist Raymond Chandler cowrote the screenplay, adapted from a novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Country: United States
Cast:
Alfred Hitchcock,
Sam Harris,
Franklyn Farnum,
Jonathan Hale
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Alfred Hitchcock
As Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Sam Harris
As Party Guest (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
As Party Guest (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
As Mr. Antony
Fred Kelsey
As Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Mike Lally
As Detective at Carnival (uncredited)
George Magrill
As Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

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A chance encounter between two strangers on a train leads to a sinister proposal: "Let's swap murders." One stranger, a tennis star, is tired of his unfaithful wife and wants her out of the way. The other stranger, an heir to a fortune, detests his father and wants him dead. They agree to commit each other's murders. But when the plan is set in motion, things don't go as expected. The tennis star finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation and must navigate dangerous situations while trying to clear his name. Will he succeed or become embroiled in further deceit?

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Strangers on a Train was released in theaters on June 30, 1951.

 

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