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Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train /

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Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Strangers on a train (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959 (Screenwriter), Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004 (Screenwriter), Granger, Farley (Actor), Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999 (Actor), Walker, Robert, 1918-1951 (Actor), Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 (Actor), Hitchcock, Pat (Actor), Rogers, Kasey (Actor), Lorne, Marion, 1888-1968 (Actor), Hale, Jonathan, 1891-1966 (Actor), St. John, Howard, 1905-1974 (Actor), Brown, John, 1904-1957 (Actor), Varden, Norma (Actor), Gist, Robert, 1917-1998 (Actor), Burks, L. Robert, 1909-1968 (director of photography.), Heindorf, Ray, 1908-1980 (Musical director), Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979 (composer (expression)), Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995
Format: Video
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English with optional French soundtrack; optional subtitles in German.
Published: Burbank, California : Warner Bros. Pictures, [1951]
Subjects:
Highsmith, Patricia, > 1921-1995 > Film adaptations.
Murder > Drama.
Highsmith, Patricia, > 1921-1995.
Murder.
Detective and mystery films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films de détective.
Thrillers (Films)
Films noirs.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.
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Description
Summary:Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, 101 min.) : sound, black and white
Production Credits:Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, William Ziegler ; musical director, Ray Heindorf ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin.