Strangers on a Train (1951)
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Reviews Counted: 38 Fresh: 37 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
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, D.C., champion tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets pushy playboy Bruno Anthony... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock
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the work most necessary for a deeper appreciation of Hitchcock's late masterpieces.
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08/01/08
Hitchcock's handling of the suspense is deadly effective and a quality cast breathe life into some delicious dialogue.
02/04/08
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Hitchcock 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.
02/09/06
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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.
11/16/04
worthy vehicle that displays Hitchcock's narrative ability and explores some of his favorite themes
10/27/04
Most of the film is a journey through pure Hitchcockian irony and suspense, and well worth the trip.
09/22/04
Patricia Highsmith's malicious writing seems perfectly suited to Alfred Hitchcock.
09/20/04
Walker's creepy performance ranks among the best found in any Hitchcock film.
09/13/04
To ignore the subtext during the runaway carousel climax is to be absolutely blind.
09/06/04
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.
07/26/04
Hitchcock was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several famous sequences in Strangers on a Train.
01/15/04
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As sleek, taut and breezy an entertainment as Hitchcock ever made, and a nice hinge moment, almost exactly in the middle of the black-and-white and color phases of his American career.
11/28/03
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Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is worth seeing just 4 the carousel ride from HELL!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/18/05
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Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is worth seeing just 4 the carousel ride from HELL!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/18/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/18/05
Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is worth seeing just 4 the carousel ride from HELL!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/18/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/18/05
Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is worth seeing just 4 the carousel ride from HELL!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/18/05
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