Strangers on a Train (1951)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

drama film, film noir, action film, crime film, romance film, melodrama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

12

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 1,899 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men meet on a train and one proposes swapping murders to avoid suspicion. The other man tries to resist but gets pulled into a dangerous game.

tensesuspensefuldarkpsychologically chargedunsettlingfast-pacedmalevolenttwisted

What happens

Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and adapted by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde from the 1950 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. It was shot in late 1950, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they "exchange" murders so that neither will be caught. The film initially received mixed reviews, but has since been regarded much more favorably. In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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