Strangers on a Train (1951)

A tennis star plays a match with murder!
director	Alfred Hitchcock
producer	Alfred Hitchcock
writers	Raymond Chandler Czenzi Ormonde
story by	Patricia Highsmith
starring	Farley Granger Ruth Roman Robert Walker Leo G. Carroll
original music	Dimitri Tiomkin
cinematographer	Robert Burks
editor	William H Ziegler
running time	103 minutes
colour	black & white
sound mix	mono (RCA Sound System)
aspect ratio	1.37:1 Spherical
studio	Warner Brothers
distributor	Warner Brothers
availability	DVD & Blu-ray
film-2528 (add your rating)

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)

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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)

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]

Image Gallery

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Film Frames

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Themes

• 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 (more details)
  

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 - Miriam Joyce Haines (billed as Laura Elliott)
• 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