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Strangers on a Train

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• Crime/detective
• Drama

• 1951
• Alfred Hitchcock
• 96 mins
• PG

Summary

Classic Hitchcock thriller starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker. An obsessive playboy strikes up a conversation with a tennis player he encounters on a train. The playboy, who hates his father, reveals to the sportsman that he knows of his wife's refusal to grant him a divorce and proposes a double murder to solve both their problems.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

This splendid thriller is testimony to Alfred Hitchcock's mastery of technique and his ability to transform even the most unpromising start into a gripping movie. After nearly a dozen writers had turned down the chance to adapt Patricia Highsmith's novel, Raymond Chandler stepped into the breach, only to disagree with Hitch on several key scenes and suffer the humiliation of having his dialogue polished by Czenzi Ormonde, a staff writer. Hitchcock was also underwhelmed by Farley Granger in a role he felt cried out for William Holden. Nevertheless, he turns the murderous proposal of eccentric playboy Robert Walker to tennis champ Granger into a true nail-biter, with the two fairground scenes outstanding. He did approve of one casting decision, however - his daughter Patricia plays Ruth Roman's suspicious sister.

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7.9/10

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Cast

rolenameGuy HainesFarley GrangerAnne MortonRuth RomanBruno AntonyRobert WalkerSenator MortonLeo G CarrollBarbara MortonPatricia HitchcockMiriamLaura ElliotMrs AntonyMarion LorneMr AntonyJonathan HaleCaptain TurleyHoward St JohnProfessor CollinsJohn Brown (1)

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rolenameDirectorAlfred Hitchcock

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros Pictures Ltd

Released on

1999-08-13

Languages

English | French

Guidance

Contains some violence

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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