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Strangers on a Train
It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!
It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking...
Crime, Thriller - 1951
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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.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
27 Jun 1951
Country:
US
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$1,200,000
Revenue:
$7,000,000
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Perhaps Strangers on a Train still hasn't yielded all its secrets.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
4 Feb 2008
fresh:
Hitchcock was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several famous sequences in Strangers on a Train.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
15 Jan 2004
fresh:
Given a good basis for a thriller in the Patricia Highsmith novel and a first-rate script, Hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping, palm-sweating piece of suspense.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
13 Feb 2001
rotten:
...his basic premise of fear fired by menace is so thin and so utterly unconvincing that the story just does not stand.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Winds up with a scene in which a merry-go-round goes wild, spins like a pin wheel, and crashes in a gaudy blaze of explosions that no earthly carrousel could touch off. The movie itself is the same way: implausible but intriguing and great fun to ride.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
30 Aug 2009
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