STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Strange thing about this trip. So much occurs in pairs. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours, you kill mine. Now look at how Alfred Hitchcock reinforces the duality of human nature. The more you watch, the more you'll see. 'Isn't it a fascinating design?' the Master of Suspense often asked.; ; Actually, it's doubly fascinating. For Hitchcock left behind two versions of Strangers on a Train. The original version (SIDE A) is an all-time thriller classic. A recently found longer prerelease British print (SIDE B) offers 'a startling amplification of Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy and his psychotic personality' (Bill Desowitz, Film Comment). The laying bare of Bruno's hidden nature, along with great set pieces (head-turning tennis match, disintegrating carousel) and suspense as only Hitchcock can deliver, makes for a first-class trip.
• Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Kasey Rogers, Marion Lorne, Jonathan Hale, Howard St. John, John Brown, Norma Varden, Robert Gist, Joel Allen, Murray Alper, Monya Andre, Brooks Benedict, Al Bridge, John Butler, Leonard Carey, Edward Clark, Jack Cushingham, John Daheim, John Doucette, Roy Engel, Herbert Evans, Franklyn Farnum, Tommy Farrell, Sam Flint, Edward Hearn, Al Hill, Harry Hines, Alfred Hitchcock, Mary Alan Hokanson, Edna Holland, J. Louis Johnson, Mike Lally, Perc Launders, Louis Lettieri, Charles Marsh, Paul McGuire, David McMahon, Charles Meredith, Roland Morris, Odette Myrtil, Paul Panzer, Minna Phillips, Georges Renavent, Dick Ryan, Charles Sherlock, Janet Stewart, Shirley Tegge, Laura Treadwell, Howard Washington, Dick Wessel, Robert Williams, Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde
• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie