JAN 19 · FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Strangers on a Train
A film by Alfred Hitchcock
w/ Farley Granger, Robert Walker & Ruth Roman

Rated PG
1hr 51min


In Alfred Hitchcock's production of a Raymond Chandler script based on Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Psychopathic Bruno kills Guy's wife, then urges Guy to reciprocate by killing Bruno's father. Meanwhile, Guy is murder suspect number one.

"The upshot is a perfect Alfred Hitchcock thriller...with a ingenious plot taken from a Patricia Highsmith novel and a memorably seductive villain."
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)

"Arguably one of Hitchcock's masterpieces, this intriguing film deals with all the autuer's issues, including the double motif, moral ambiguity, fine line between hero and villain."
Emanuel Levy

Sun Jan 19



JAN 19 · FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Strangers on a Train A film by Alfred Hitchcock
w/ Farley Granger, Robert Walker & Ruth Roman

Rated PG
1hr 51min


In Alfred Hitchcock's production of a Raymond Chandler script based on Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Psychopathic Bruno kills Guy's wife, then urges Guy to reciprocate by killing Bruno's father. Meanwhile, Guy is murder suspect number one.

"The upshot is a perfect Alfred Hitchcock thriller...with a ingenious plot taken from a Patricia Highsmith novel and a memorably seductive villain."
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)

"Arguably one of Hitchcock's masterpieces, this intriguing film deals with all the autuer's issues, including the double motif, moral ambiguity, fine line between hero and villain."
Emanuel Levy

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