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Strangers on a Train is a film made by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.

Synopsis

Bruno Antony and Guy Haines are two strangers who meet on a train by accident - Guy is a professional tennis player and Bruno a huge fan. As the train continues on its journey, Bruno shares an idea he once had - two men who meet by chance swap murders. He then proposes a strange thing - if he disposes of Guy's unfaithful wife, Guy should murder Bruno's father in exchange. There's no connection between the two men and the police would never be able to connect them. Guy dismisses the theory as idle chit chat, but all that changes when his estranged wife is murdered.

Cast

Robert Walker as Bruno Antony
Farley Granger as Guy Haines
Ruth Roman
Patricia Hitchcock
Leo G. Carroll
Norma Varden
Kasey Rogers as Miriam Haines (credited as Laura Elliott)

Background Information

Robert Walker died five months after the films release, as a result of doctor's negligence. This was among the last (and by most accounts best) performances of his career.

As of 2011, Patricia Hitchcock is the last surviving member of the cast.

Patricia Hitchcock directed the sequence which contains her father's cameo.

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 Bruno Antony and Guy Haines are two strangers who meet on a train by accident - Guy is a professional tennis player and Bruno a huge fan. As the train continues on its journey, Bruno shares an idea he once had - two men who meet by chance swap murders. He then proposes a strange thing - if he disposes of Guy's unfaithful wife, Guy should murder Bruno's father in exchange. There's no connection between the two men and the police would never be able to connect them. Guy dismisses the theory as idle chit chat, but all that changes when his estranged wife is murdered.
 ==Cast==
-*[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Walker?action=edit&redlink=1 Robert Walker] as Bruno Antony
+*[[Robert Walker]] as Bruno Antony
-*[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Farley_Granger?action=edit&redlink=1 Farley Granger] as Guy Haines
+*[[Farley Granger]] as Guy Haines
+*[[Ruth Roman]]
-*[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Ruth_Roman?action=edit&redlink=1 Ruth Roman]
-*[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Patricia_Hitchcock Patricia Hitchcock]
+*[[Patricia Hitchcock]]
+*[[Leo G. Carroll]]
-*[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Leo_G._Carroll?action=edit&redlink=1 Leo G. Carroll]
+*[[Norma Varden]]
-*[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Norma_Varden?action=edit&redlink=1 Norma Varden]
 *[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Kasey_Rogers?action=edit&redlink=1 Kasey Rogers] as Miriam Haines ''(credited as Laura Elliott)''
-==Background Information[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Strangers_on_a_Train?action=edit&section=3 Edit]==
+==Background Information==
-[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Walker?action=edit&redlink=1 Robert Walker] died five months after the films release, as a result of doctor's negligence. This was among the last (and by most accounts best) performances of his career.
+Robert Walker died five months after the films release, as a result of doctor's negligence. This was among the last (and by most accounts best) performances of his career.
-As of 2011, [http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Patricia_Hitchcock Patricia Hitchcock] is the last surviving member of the cast.
+As of 2011, Patricia Hitchcock is the last surviving member of the cast.
-[http://hitchcock.wikia.com/wiki/Patricia_Hitchcock Patricia Hitchcock] directed the sequence which contains her father's cameo.
+Patricia Hitchcock directed the sequence which contains her father's cameo.
 [[Category:Films]]
 [[Category:Alfred Hitchcock films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock]]
+[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:English-language films]]
+[[Category:1951 films]]
+[[Category:Film noir]]