Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train (1951)

PG2 August 1951 (GB)Crime, Thriller1 hour and 41 minutes
77%
User score

It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!

Description

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.

Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Raymond Chandler
Screenplay
Czenzi Ormonde
Screenplay
Whitfield Cook
Adaptation

Actors

Farley Granger
Farley Granger
Guy Haines
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman
Anne Morton
Robert Walker
Robert Walker
Bruno Antony
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll
Sen. Morton
Patricia Hitchcock
Patricia Hitchcock
Barbara Morton
Kasey Rogers
Kasey Rogers
Miriam Haines
Marion Lorne
Marion Lorne
Mrs. Antony
Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Antony
Howard St. John
Howard St. John
Police Capt. Turley
John Brown
John Brown
Prof. Collins
Norma Varden
Norma Varden
Mrs. Cunningham
Robert Gist
Robert Gist
Det. Leslie Hennessey
Brooks Benedict
Brooks Benedict
Tennis Umpire (uncredited)
John Doucette
John Doucette
Det. Hammond (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Harry Hines
Man Under Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
Paul McGuire
Paul McGuire
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Oliver Cross
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Tom Ferrandini
Linesman (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$1,200,000

Revenue

$7,000,000

Keywords
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