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3 July 1951 (USA) moreTagline:
A girl in love with young America's idol--and a good-looking stranger in search of sensation--that's how it all began..! Warner Bros. bring a pounding new tempo to motion picture entertainment! morePlot:
A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(10 articles)
DVD Releases: Nov. 3, 2009: See the Beast Within your Dark Mirror (From Dread Central. 2 November 2009, 12:26 PM, PST)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
(From Fangoria. 31 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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Amazing performance by Robert Walker more (188 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Farley Granger | ... | Guy Haines | |
| Ruth Roman | ... | Anne Morton | |
| Robert Walker | ... | Bruno Anthony | |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Sen. Morton | |
| Patricia Hitchcock | ... | Barbara Morton | |
| Kasey Rogers | ... | Miriam Joyce Haines (as Laura Elliott) | |
| Marion Lorne | ... | Mrs. Anthony | |
| Jonathan Hale | ... | Mr. Anthony | |
| Howard St. John | ... | Police Capt. Turley | |
| John Brown | ... | Prof. Collins | |
| Norma Varden | ... | Mrs. Cunningham | |
| Robert Gist | ... | Leslie Hennessy |
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Rated PG for some violence and tension.Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 min | Portugal:96 min (cut version) | 103 min (preview version)Country:
USAColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Spain:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Sweden:15 | Germany:12 (DVD) | West Germany:16 (nf) | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) (2004) | South Africa:PG | Brazil:16 | USA:TV-PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #14946) | USA:PG (new rating) (1996) | Argentina:13 | Norway:16Fun Stuff
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As Guy leaves the last match, part of a quotation clearly including the words "two impostors" is visible on the beam above his head. It is from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If." The line reads "If you can meet with triumph and disaster / And treat those two impostors just the same..." moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: Robert Walker has fingernails that were a little long. After the mother gives him a manicure and asks if she cut them too short, it appears that his nails never got worked on at all. moreSoundtrack:
Bill Grogan's Goat moreFAQ
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"Strangers on a Train" was one of those film classics I had always heard about but somehow never gotten around to actually seeing. I finally watched it a few weeks ago and, as always with any Hitchcock movie, it not only stood up to the test of time, it far surpassed most thrillers being made today. You can see the inspiration for future action movies here - the climactic ending with the out-of-control merry-go-round and the two villains dueling each other reminded me of the big action sequence at the end of Jan de Bont's "Speed." Of course, "Strangers" is over forty years older than "Speed" and contains no modern special effects, but the visceral thrill is there - Hitchcock was a true genius.
The not-so-subtle gay side of Bruno (Robert Walker in an amazing performance) has taken form in many other psycho-stalker-figures in future movies. Consider him a male version of Jennifer Jason Leigh in "Single White Female." He knows about Guy before he even meets him on the train - we almost get the feeling their contact isn't incidental - and is soon entirely obsessed with him.
Hitchcock loved the Oedipial elements in his movies (also see "Psycho" for more blatant undertones) and there's a lot of that here. Bruno hates his father and wants him to die so he can be with his mother. His effeminate ways and obvious homosexuality must have just slipped by the censors in 1951, when gays were not "allowed" to be portrayed on the screen - yet Hitchcock gets the message through effectively when we see Bruno in the lounge on the telephone wearing a very non-masculine robe, flirting with Guy and responding to his mother.
The deep layers of this movie make it a fast-paced thriller than you can return to again and again - unfortunately it's being remade as a big-budget Hollywood production, but after seeing the original I honestly can't imagine anything surpassing the sheer white-knuckle thrills of this movie.