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1951 • 1h 41min • PG • Thriller, Crime

Strangers on a Train

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

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

IMDb 7.9

RT 98%

MC 88

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers

Patricia Highsmith

Raymond Chandler

Czenzi Ormonde

Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

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Farley Granger

Guy Haines

Ruth Roman

Anne Morton

Robert Walker

Bruno Antony

Leo G. Carroll

Sen. Morton

Patricia Hitchcock

Barbara Morton

Kasey Rogers

Miriam Haines

Marion Lorne

Mrs. Antony

Jonathan Hale

Mr. Antony

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Farley Granger Guy Haines

Ruth Roman Anne Morton

Robert Walker Bruno Antony

Leo G. Carroll Sen. Morton

Patricia Hitchcock Barbara Morton

Kasey Rogers Miriam Haines

Marion Lorne Mrs. Antony

Jonathan Hale Mr. Antony

Howard St. John Police Capt. Turley

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