Strangers on a Train (1951)
- Starring:
- Farley Granger, Robert Walker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Mystery & Suspense
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In one of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics, tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) on a train. Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and has been seen in the company of senator's daughter Ann Morton (Ruth Roman). Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). As Guy listens with detached amusement, Bruno discusses the theory of "exchange murders." Suppose that Bruno were to murder Guy's wife, and Guy in exchange were to kill Bruno's father? With no known link between the two men, the police would be none the wiser, would they? When he reaches his destination, Guy bids goodbye to Bruno, thinking nothing more of the affable but rather curious young man's homicidal theories. And then, Guy's wife turns up strangled to death. Co-adapted by Raymond Chandler from a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train perfectly exemplifies Hitchcock's favorite theme of the evil that lurks just below the surface of everyday life and ordinary men. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 101 mins
Complete Cast:
- Farley Granger - Guy Haines
- Ruth Roman - Ann Morton
- Patricia Hitchcock - Barbara Morton
- Marion Lorne - Mrs. Anthony
- Howard St. John - Capt. Turley
- Norma Varden - Mrs. Cunningham
- John Doucette - Hammond
- Mary Alan Hokanson - Secretary
- J. Louis Johnson - Butler
- Joe Warfield - Seedy Man
- Leonard Carey - Butler
- Charles Meredith - Judge Dolan
- Louis Lettieri - Boy
- Harry Hines - Man Under Merry-Go-Round
- Monya Andre - Dowager
- Laura Treadwell - Mrs. Anderson
- Joel Allen - Policeman
- Minna Phillips - Dowager
- Shirley Tegge - Girl
- Rolland Morris - Miriam's Boy Friend
- Dick Ryan - Minister
- Robert Walker - Bruno Anthony
- Leo G. Carroll - Senator Morton
- Laura Elliot - Miriam Haines
- Jonathan Hale - Mr. Anthony
- John Brown - Prof. Collins
- Robert Gist - Hennessey
- John Butler - Blind Man
- Ralph Moody - Seedy Man
- Janet Stewart - Girl
- Odette Myrtil - Mme. Darville
- Edward Clark - Mr. Hargreaves
- Tommy Farrell - Miriam's Boyfriend
- Edna Holland - Mrs. Joyce
- Roy Engel - Policeman
- Dick Wessel - Bill
- Al Hill - "Ring the Gong" Concessionaire
- Edward Hearn - Sgt. Campbell
- Murray Alper - Boatman
- Sam Flint - Man
- Georges Renavent - Monsieur Darville
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer(s):
- Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook, Raymond Chandler
- Producer(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations, Violence)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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