Strangers on a Film (BBC Radio 4, 29/Sep/2011)
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Broadcast Details
- broadcast on BBC Radio 4
- date: 29/Sep/2011
- length: approx 45 minutes
Synopsis
By Stephen Wyatt. To accompany the second part of the Classic Chandler season Patrick Stewart plays Raymond Chandler and Clive Swift is Alfred Hitchcock in their famous collaboration on "Strangers on a Train". In 1950, Alfred Hitchcock invited Raymond Chandler to work with him on a screenplay based on Patricia Highsmith's novel. Chandler was not only recognised as a fine novelist and had also received an Academy Award nomination for his original screenplay, The Blue Dahlia. The omens were good but their collaboration turned out to be a disaster.
Credits
- written by Stephen Wyatt
- directed by Claire Grove
Cast
- Patrick Stewart - Raymond Chandler
- Clive Swift - Alfred Hitchcock
Links
- BBC Radio 4 - programme details
- The Guardian - review by Elisabeth Mahoney