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With all-time classics like Rear Window, Psycho and Vertigo, Hitchcock will always be remembered as one of the greats.
Strangers on a Train
It’s not always the mystery that makes a thriller memorable; often it’s the ingenuity and brilliant mind of a twisted character at the center of the film's conflict that gives the audience a great villain to hate. Such is the case with <anchor>Strangers on a Train</anchor>. Robert Walker plays the psycho in question who lures a professional tennis star, played by Farley Granger, into a sophisticated set-up about how they can get away with murder.
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##### Strangers on a Train

PG

Crime

Documentary

Thriller

**Release Date**
June 27, 1951


**Director**[Alfred Hitchcock](/person/alfred-hitchcock/)

**Cast**



Farley Granger
, Ruth Roman
, Robert Walker
, Leo G. Carroll
, [Patricia Hitchcock](/person/patricia-hitchcock/)
, Kasey Rogers




**Runtime**


101




**Main Genre**[Crime](/tag/crime/)

**Writers**



Raymond Chandler
, Czenzi Ormonde
, Whitfield Cook
, [Patricia Highsmith](/person/patricia-highsmith/)
, Ben Hecht




**Tagline**


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




## Summary

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.


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