Strangers on a Train (1951)

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"A tennis star plays a match with murder!"

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)

Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: mono (RCA Sound System)
• aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Spherical
• running time: 103 minutes
• production studio: Warner Brothers

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Recent Blu-ray Releases

released in 2012

	Strangers on a Train (1951) - Warner Brothers (Blu-ray, UK, 2012) available as part of Alfred Hitchcock Collection - Warner Brothers (Blu-ray, UK, 2012)
	Der Fremde im Zug (1951) - Warner Brothers (Blu-ray, Germany, 2012) Amazon (Germany)
	Strangers on a Train (1951) - Warner Brothers (Blu-ray, USA, 2012) Amazon (USA)

Recent 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]

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Themes

• the MacGuffin - Guy's lighter
• 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
  

Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock

Starring:

• Farley Granger - Guy Haines
• Ruth Roman - Anne Morton
• Robert Walker - Bruno Anthony
• Leo G Carroll - Senator Morton
• Patricia Hitchcock - Barbara Morton
• Kasey Rogers (billed as Laura Elliott) - Miriam Joyce Haines
• 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:

• Alfred Hitchcock

Written by:

• Raymond Chandler
• Whitfield Cook
• Ben Hecht
• Patricia Highsmith - original novel
• Czenzi Ormonde

Photographed by:

• Robert Burks

Edited by:

• William H Ziegler

Music by:

• Dimitri Tiomkin

Costume Design by:

• Leah Rhodes

Production Design by:

• Ted Haworth - art director