Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951 · 101 min · EN · 7.7 (1,883 votes)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Kasey Rogers · Music Dimitri Tiomkin

It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!

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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.

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A masterclass in psychological tension, this film noir gem drips with chilling suspense and a pervasive sense of dread. It's a stylish, propulsive descent into moral ambiguity, where a chance encounter spirals into a terrifying game of cat and mouse, leaving you breathless and questioning the nature of evil.

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