Strangers on a Train (1951)

7.7/10 • 101 min • Crime Thriller Drama

Overview

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Cast

Farley Granger

Guy Haines

Ruth Roman

Anne Morton

Robert Walker

Bruno Antony

Leo G. Carroll

Senator Morton

Patricia Hitchcock

Barbara Morton

Kasey Rogers

Miriam Haines

Marion Lorne

Mrs. Antony

Jonathan Hale

Mr. Antony

Howard St. John

Captain Turley

John Brown

Prof. Collins

Norma Varden

Mrs. Cunningham

Robert Gist

Leslie Hennessey

Brooks Benedict

Tennis Umpire (uncredited)

John Doucette

Detective Hammond (uncredited)

Harry Hines

Man Under Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)

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