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Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951Movie⏱️ 1h 41mPGπŸ† #472 Top Rated
CrimeDramaFilm-NoirThriller
⭐ 7.9
IMDB Rating
148,132 votes

A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.

Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook
Stars
Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
Release Date
June 30, 1951
Language
English, French
Country
United States
πŸ† 6
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 427
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 146K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Farley Granger
Farley Granger
as Guy Haines
Robert Walker
Robert Walker
as Bruno Antony
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman
as Anne Morton
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll
as Sen. Morton
Patricia Hitchcock
Patricia Hitchcock
as Barbara Morton
Kasey Rogers
Kasey Rogers
as Miriam Joyce Haines
Marion Lorne
Marion Lorne
as Mrs. Antony
Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale
as Mr. Antony
Howard St. John
Howard St. John
as Police Capt. Turley
πŸ‘€
John Brown
as Prof. Collins

πŸ’° Box Office

$52,666
Worldwide Gross
$26,597
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
West Side Tennis Club - 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Production
Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

gay subtextpsychopathtennismurdertrain

🎯 Categories

Film NoirPsychological ThrillerCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

The Movie Is A Major Improvement Over The Book
by JWaite β€’ 1999-04-10

"Usually, it is the other way around, but in this case, the movie is a major improvement over the original book. I had seen this wonderful movie at least a dozen times, before I managed to find a copy of the book it was taken from....the book has the same title and was written by Patricia Highsmith. I scoured the used bookstores for years, before I finally found a copy, and because the movie was SO good, I could not wait to begin reading the story in its original version. I was never so disappointed! Not because the book is unreadable...but because Hitchcock made such vast improvements over..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Some posters showed Sir Alfred Hitchcock inserting the letter "L" into the word "Strangers" in the title to make "Stranglers".

πŸ“– Synopsis

A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.