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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.
Perhaps Strangers on a Train still hasn't yielded all its secrets.
Hitchcock was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several famous sequences in Strangers on a Train.
Given a good basis for a thriller in the Patricia Highsmith novel and a first-rate script, Hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping, palm-sweating piece of suspense.
...his basic premise of fear fired by menace is so thin and so utterly unconvincing that the story just does not stand.
Classic nail-biter is a must for thriller fans.
the 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.
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.
The prototypical Hitchcock thrill ride.
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
...if the intellectual games, the fancy camera work, and the outright suspense don't get to you, there is always the superb performance of Robert Walker to consider.
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.
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