
Strangers on a Train (1951)
7.7|27 Jun, 1951|101 min
It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!
7.7|27 Jun, 1951|101 min
Released
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Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
Language
Budget$1,200,000
Revenue $7,000,000
Français,
English
Budget$1,200,000
Revenue $7,000,000
Keywords
infidelity
island
based on novel or book
perfect crime
psychopath
obsession
detective
suspicion
theory
carousel
lighter
film noir
stalking
black and white
train
strangulation
double cross
amusement park
husband wife estrangement
chance meeting
cocktail party
fiancée
perfect murder
penn station
storm drain
tennis match
tennis pro
trains
murder swap
Casts

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

John Brown
Prof. Collins

Norma Varden
Mrs. Cunningham

Robert Gist
Det. Leslie Hennessey

Brooks Benedict
Tennis Umpire (uncredited)

John Doucette
Det. Hammond (uncredited)

Harry Hines
Man Under Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock
Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
Paul McGuire
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Linesman (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Policeman (uncredited)

Murray Alper
Boatman (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Dowager (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
Police Officer (uncredited)
Harry Baum
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)

Al Bridge
Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
John Butler
Blind Man (uncredited)

Leonard Carey
Anthonys' Butler (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Miriam's Boss (uncredited)
Jack Cushingham
Fred Reynolds (uncredited)

John Daheim
Detective at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Marilyn Dialon
Girl on Carousel (uncredited)

Jay Eaton
General - Party Guest (uncredited)

Roy Engel
Policeman (uncredited)

Herbert Evans
Party Guest (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Party Guest (uncredited)

Tommy Farrell
Miriam's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Sam Flint
Train Passenger Requesting Light (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)

Edward Hearn
Lt. Campbell (uncredited)

Al Hill
Carnival Game Proprietor (uncredited)
Mary Alan Hokanson
Secretary (uncredited)

Edna Holland
Mrs. Joyce (uncredited)
J. Louis Johnson
Mortons' Butler (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Detective at Carnival (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Louis Lettieri
Boy with Balloon (uncredited)

George Magrill
Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Charles Marsh
Bystander at Drain (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Party Guest (uncredited)

David McMahon
Bystander at Drain (uncredited)

Charles Meredith
Judge Donahue (uncredited)

Ralph Moody
Seedy Man at Carnival (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Boatman (uncredited)
Roland Morris
Miriam's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Odette Myrtil
Madame Darville (uncredited)

Richard Neill
Party Guest (uncredited)

Barry Norton
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell
Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Paul Panzer
Bystander at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

Minna Phillips
Dowager (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo
Train Passenger (uncredited)

Georges Renavent
Monsieur Darville (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Bystander at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Minister (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Cop (uncredited)
Janet Stewart
Girl (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Shirley Tegge
Girl (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell
Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Howard Washington
Waiter on Train (uncredited)

Dick Wessel
Bill (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Bystander at Drain (uncredited)
Crews
Whitfield Cook
Adaptation
William H. Ziegler
Editor

Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Czenzi Ormonde
Screenplay
Gordon Bau
Makeup Artist

Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer

Robert Burks
Director of Photography
Ted Haworth
Art Direction

Alfred Hitchcock
Director

Raymond Chandler
Screenplay
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration

Alfred Hitchcock
Producer
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Dolph Thomas
Sound
Leah Rhodes
Costume Design
Ray Heindorf
Music Director

Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Bill Phillips
Makeup Artist
Myrl Stoltz
Hairdresser
Mel Dellar
Assistant Director
C. Carter Gibson
Second Assistant Director
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Armor Marlowe
Props

Paul Baxley
Stunts

John Daheim
Stunts
Durward Graybill
Still Photographer
Norman C. McClay
Best Boy Electric
Harold Noyes
Grip
Charles O'Bannon
Gaffer
William Schurr
Second Assistant Camera
Leonard J. South
Assistant Camera
Robert O'Dell
Wardrobe Master
William Guthrie
Location Manager
Rita Michaels
Script Supervisor
Barbara Keon
Production Assistant
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