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Strangers
On A Train
Release date 30th June 1951
Country : USA
Running time : 101 mins
Genre : Thriller
Starring Robert Walker, Farley Granger
Screenplay by Raymond Chandler from the novel by Patricia Highsmith
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Bruno Anthony meets tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. Bruno wants rid of his father, Guy wants rid of his wife who won't divorce him. 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 by murdering Guy's wife.
The plot of this Hitchcock suspenser is fairly implausible but it makes for a top notch suspense film. A wonderful performance from Robert Walker as a charming psychopath adds extra resonance to exciting sequences like the tennis match and the finale at the merry-go-round.
Release date 30th June 1951
Country : USA
Running time : 101 mins
Genre : Thriller
Starring Robert Walker, Farley Granger
Screenplay by Raymond Chandler from the novel by Patricia Highsmith
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Bruno Anthony meets tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. Bruno wants rid of his father, Guy wants rid of his wife who won't divorce him. 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 by murdering Guy's wife.
The plot of this Hitchcock suspenser is fairly implausible but it makes for a top notch suspense film. A wonderful performance from Robert Walker as a charming psychopath adds extra resonance to exciting sequences like the tennis match and the finale at the merry-go-round.
Hitchcock originally wanted William Holden to play Guy Haines.
This was Robert Walker's last completed film,he died eight months after filming was completed from an allergic reaction to a drug.
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