Strangers on a Train (1951)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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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.

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Robert Burks · Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin · Editor: William H. Ziegler

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget: $1.2M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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