Strangers on a Train

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Strangers on a Train is a 1951 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on a deadly pact between two strangers who meet on a train.

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instanceOf film
psychological thriller film
author Patricia Highsmith
award Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (nomination)
basedOn Strangers on a Train (novel)
castMember Farley Granger
Leo G. Carroll
Patricia Hitchcock
Robert Walker
Ruth Roman
cinematographer Robert Burks
composer Dimitri Tiomkin
countryOfOrigin United States
director Alfred Hitchcock
distributor Warner Bros.
editor William H. Ziegler NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
filmRating PG
genre crime film
psychological thriller
hasFilmLocation California
Washington Union Station
linked to: Union Station
hasTheme duality
fate
guilt
psychological manipulation
influenced Throw Momma from the Train
various later thriller films involving murder exchanges
mainCharacter Bruno Antony
Guy Haines
narrativeFocus moral dilemma
murder plot
notableScene climactic carousel sequence
murder reflected in eyeglasses at amusement park
originalLanguage English
partOf Alfred Hitchcock filmography
plotSummary Two strangers meet on a train and one proposes a criss-cross murder exchange that leads to a deadly pact.
portrayedBy Farley Granger
Robert Walker
producer Alfred Hitchcock
productionCompany Warner Bros.
publicationDate 1951
runtimeMinutes 101
screenwriter Czenzi Ormonde
Raymond Chandler
Whitfield Cook
setting Metcalf (fictional town)
Washington, D.C.
train

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Alfred Hitchcock notableWork Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock directed Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train basedOn Strangers on a Train (novel)
linked to: Strangers on a Train
Patricia Hitchcock notableWork Strangers on a Train
Patricia Hitchcock appearedIn Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith notableWork Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith workAdaptedInto Strangers on a Train (1951 film)
linked to: Strangers on a Train
Robert Walker notableWork Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock filmography hasPart Strangers on a Train
Throw Momma from the Train inspiredBy Strangers on a Train
Marion Lorne appearedInFilm Strangers on a Train