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It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement! - Strangers on a Train
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Title: Strangers on a Train

Release Date: 27 Jun 1951

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Director: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview: Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.

Additional Information

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.7 (1697 votes)

Cast

  • Guy Haines: Farley Granger
  • Anne Morton: Ruth Roman
  • Bruno Antony: Robert Walker
  • Sen. Morton: Leo G. Carroll
  • Barbara Morton: Patricia Hitchcock
  • Miriam Haines: Kasey Rogers
  • Mrs. Antony: Marion Lorne
  • Mr. Antony: Jonathan Hale
  • Police Capt. Turley: Howard St. John
  • Prof. Collins: John Brown
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