Strangers on a train / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; screen play by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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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)
Greatest classic films collection. Hitchcock thrillers.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (Production company)
Warner Home Video (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959 (Screenwriter)
Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004 (Screenwriter)
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Film director)
Granger, Farley (Actor)
Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999 (Actor)
Walker, Robert, 1918-1951 (Actor)
Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 (Actor)
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979 (composer (expression))
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995
Burks, L. Robert, 1909-1968 (Cinematographer)
Ziegler, William (Editor)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English; French dialogue; with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2010]
Series:Greatest classic films collection. Hitchcock thrillers.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Murder > Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Murder.
Detective and mystery films.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films > Great Britain.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train.
Format: Video DVD
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.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Special features include: commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Patricia Highsmith, biographer Andrew Wilson, and others ; theatrical trailer.
Call Number:CW6 D0130084 VideoDVD
ISBN:9780780664227
0780664221
Credits:Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, William Ziegler ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll.