
Strangers on a Train
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis
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.
Critics consensus
A provocative premise and inventive set design lights the way for Hitchcock diabolically entertaining masterpiece.

Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
StarringFarley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Kasey Rogers
Written byRaymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde
CinematographyRobert Burks
EditingWilliam H. Ziegler
MusicDimitri Tiomkin
Strangers on a Train
1951 · 1h 41m
Crime, Thriller, Drama
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.
