Story Line
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.
“It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
1951-06-27
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
CrimeThrillerDrama
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User Reviews (2)
CharlesTheBold
No rating•3/12/2017
The "strangers on a train" are Guy, a successful athlete in an unhappy marriage, and Bruno, an amoral playboy. Bruno suggests a perfect crime whereby Guy can get rid of his wife without being suspected, and he convinces himself that Guy has agreed t...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•8/22/2024Tennis pro "Haines" (Farley Granger) is quietly travelling in the club car of a train when his neighbour "Bruno" (Robert Walker) strikes up a conversation. It all seems innocuous enough, the former man is an accomplished player and it seems to him th...