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Strangers on a Train

1951·101 min

Strangers on a Train

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

CrimeThriller

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.

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Guy Haines

Anne Morton

Bruno Antony

Sen. Morton

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Director of Photography

Raymond Chandler

Screenplay

Alfred Hitchcock

Producer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

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Patricia Hitchcock

Barbara Morton

Miriam Haines

Mrs. Antony

Mr. Antony

Howard St. John

Police Capt. Turley

Prof. Collins

Mrs. Cunningham

Det. Leslie Hennessey

Brooks Benedict

Tennis Umpire (uncredited)

Det. Hammond (uncredited)

Man Under Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Party Guest (uncredited)

Linesman (uncredited)

Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)

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Strangers on a Train (1951) is about 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.

Who directed Strangers on a Train?

Alfred Hitchcock directed Strangers on a Train (1951).

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