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Release Date:
3 July 1951 (USA)
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Tagline:
A girl in love with young America's idol--and a good-looking stranger in search of sensation--that's how it all began..! Warner Bros. bring a pounding new tempo to motion picture entertainment! more
Plot:
A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 nomination
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(10 articles)
DVD Releases: Nov. 3, 2009: See the Beast Within your Dark Mirror
(From Dread Central. 2 November 2009, 12:26 PM, PST)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
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(From Dread Central. 2 November 2009, 12:26 PM, PST)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
(From Fangoria. 31 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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The Movie Is A Major Improvement Over The Book
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Farley Granger | ... | Guy Haines | |
| Ruth Roman | ... | Anne Morton | |
| Robert Walker | ... | Bruno Anthony | |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Sen. Morton | |
| Patricia Hitchcock | ... | Barbara Morton | |
| Kasey Rogers | ... | Miriam Joyce Haines (as Laura Elliott) | |
| Marion Lorne | ... | Mrs. Anthony | |
| Jonathan Hale | ... | Mr. Anthony | |
| Howard St. John | ... | Police Capt. Turley | |
| John Brown | ... | Prof. Collins | |
| Norma Varden | ... | Mrs. Cunningham | |
| Robert Gist | ... | Leslie Hennessy |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some violence and tension.
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Runtime:
101 min | Portugal:96 min (cut version) | 103 min (preview version)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Spain:13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:M (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
Sweden:15 |
Germany:12 (DVD) |
West Germany:16 (nf) |
South Korea:12 (DVD rating) (2004) |
South Africa:PG |
Brazil:16 |
USA:TV-PG |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (certificate #14946) |
USA:PG (new rating) (1996) |
Argentina:13 |
Norway:16
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Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights to the original novel anonymously to keep the price down, and got them for just $7,500.
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Continuity: Tennis match played before the end of the movie is clearly put together from 2 different games - you can see those are different tennis courts and also stadiums.
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Spoofed in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Baby Face
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Where is Hitchcock's cameo in this movie?List: Murder swaps
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Usually, it is the other way around, but in this case, the movie is a major improvement over the original book.
I had seen this wonderful movie at least a dozen times, before I managed to find a copy of the book it was taken from....the book has the same title and was written by Patricia Highsmith.
I scoured the used bookstores for years, before I finally found a copy, and because the movie was SO good, I could not wait to begin reading the story in its original version.
I was never so disappointed!
Not because the book is unreadable...but because Hitchcock made such vast improvements over the book that the book simply does not come close to measuring up to the movie version.
That said, let me now comment on Robert Walker's amazing performance as Bruno Antony.
This was Robert Walker's last completed performance...he died while shooting his final film, "My Son John," in August, 1951.
This role as Bruno was the performance of his career!
Perfect in every way.
The movie has been around now for nearly half a century. I see it every time it is shown on television, and I also watch the tape I have of it occasionally.
Robert Walker's performance only seems to improve with each new viewing.
I can not recommend this movie highly enough.
If Hitchcock and Robert Walker can read me, up there in heaven, let me congratulate them both on an absolutely superlative job!