Strangers on a Train (1951)
A tennis star plays a match with murder! | |
Alfred Hitchcock | |
Alfred Hitchcock | |
Raymond Chandler Czenzi Ormonde | |
Patricia Highsmith | |
Farley Granger Ruth Roman Robert Walker Leo G. Carroll | |
Dimitri Tiomkin | |
Robert Burks | |
William H Ziegler | |
103 minutes | |
black & white | |
mono (RCA Sound System) | |
1.37:1 Spherical | |
Warner Brothers | |
Warner Brothers | |
DVD & Blu-ray | |
Synopsis
Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. Guy wants to move into a career in politics and has been dating a senator's daughter (Ann Morton) while awaiting a divorce from his wife. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. Bruno dreams up a crazy scheme whereby he and Guy exchange murders. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. (© IMDB)
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Pre-Production
Screenplay
Casting
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Release & Reception
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Blu-ray Releases
released in 2012
DVD Releases
- to view all of the DVD releases of this film, see Strangers on a Train (1951) - DVD releases
released in 2004
Strangers on a Train (1951) - Warner Brothers (UK, 2004) R2/4/5 PAL 1.33:1 [01:36:36] | |
Strangers on a Train (1951) - Warner Brothers (USA, 2004) R1 NTSC 1.33:1 [01:40:39] |
Image Gallery
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Film Frames
Themes
- stairs - Guy hesitating on the stairway (and threatened by the dog)
- the double - Guy and Bruno
- the Hitchcock cameo - struggling to get his cello case on board the train (more details)
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Starring:
- Farley Granger - Guy Haines
- Ruth Roman - Anne Morton
- Robert Walker - Bruno Anthony
- Leo G. Carroll - Senator Morton
- Patricia Hitchcock - Barbara Morton
- Kasey Rogers - Miriam Joyce Haines (billed as Laura Elliott)
- Marion Lorne - Mrs Anthony
- Jonathan Hale - Mr Anthony
- Howard St John - Police Captain Turley
- John Brown - Professor Collins
- Norma Varden - Mrs Cunningham
- Robert Gist - Leslie Hennessy
Produced by:
Written by:
- Raymond Chandler
- Whitfield Cook
- Ben Hecht
- Patricia Highsmith - original novel
- Czenzi Ormonde
Photographed by:
Edited by:
Music by:
Costume Design by:
Production Design by:
- Ted Haworth - art director
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