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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:38
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular films. En route from Washington,... [More]
Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Winds up with a scene in which a merry-go-round goes wild, spins like a pin wheel, and crashes in a gaudy blaze of explosions that no earthly carrousel could touch off. The movie itself is the same way: implausible but intriguing and great fun to ride.
Top Criticthe work most necessary for a deeper appreciation of Hitchcock's late masterpieces.
Even more marvelous after a second viewing
Hitchcock's handling of the suspense is deadly effective and a quality cast breathe life into some delicious dialogue.
Top CriticPerhaps Strangers on a Train still hasn't yielded all its secrets.
Top CriticHitchcock erects a web of guilt around Granger, who 'agreed' to his wife's murder, a murder that suits him very well, and structures his film around a series of set pieces, ending with a paroxysm of violence on a circus carousel.
Top CriticThe prototypical Hitchcock thrill ride.
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" is about weakness crisscrossing with evil, with evil pushing hard for the upper hand. Nobody comes away unscathed.
worthy vehicle that displays Hitchcock's narrative ability and explores some of his favorite themes
Most of the film is a journey through pure Hitchcockian irony and suspense, and well worth the trip.
Patricia Highsmith's malicious writing seems perfectly suited to Alfred Hitchcock.
Walker's creepy performance ranks among the best found in any Hitchcock film.
To ignore the subtext during the runaway carousel climax is to be absolutely blind.
Two men, a problem, and a crime is an old theme, but the list of works that exploit it perfectly is a short one. Strangers on a Train belongs on it.
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Hitchcock was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several famous sequences in Strangers on a Train.
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