Strangers on a Train
“It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!”
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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Cast
79 people
Farley Granger
Guy Haines
Known for
Rope
Senso
Ruth Roman
Anne Morton
Known for
The Far Country
The Baby
Robert Walker
Bruno Antony
Known for
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Vengeance Valley
Leo G. Carroll
Senator Morton
Known for
North by Northwest
Spellbound
Patricia Hitchcock
Barbara Morton
Known for
Psycho
Stage Fright
Kasey Rogers
Miriam Haines
Known for
Bewitched
Samson and Delilah
Marion Lorne
Mrs. Antony
Known for
The Graduate
Bewitched
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Antony
Known for
Fury
Boys Town
Howard St. John
Captain Turley
Known for
One, Two, Three
Born Yesterday
John Brown
Prof. Collins
Known for
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Wild One
Norma Varden
Mrs. Cunningham
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
The Sound of Music
Robert Gist
Leslie Hennessey
Known for
Operation Petticoat
The Band Wagon
Alfred Hitchcock Director · Raymond Chandler Screenplay Czenzi Ormonde Screenplay
Worldwide gross $7M · Budget $1.2M · United States release June 27, 1951
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$7,000,000
Gross vs. budget
5.8×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Transatlantic Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · June 27, 1951
Limited theatrical
United States
June 30, 1951 · Theatrical
Australia
October 23, 1952 · Theatrical
July 1, 2020 · Digital
Austria
May 1, 1952 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 1, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Denmark
March 10, 1952 · Theatrical
Finland
March 7, 1952 · Theatrical
France
January 9, 1952 · Theatrical
Germany
February 1, 1952 · Theatrical
September 29, 1969 · TV · ZDF
Ireland
August 2, 1951 · Theatrical
Italy
March 4, 1952 · Theatrical
Japan
May 9, 1953 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 15, 2002 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
May 31, 2002 · TV · Nederland 3
Portugal
October 30, 1952 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 26, 1959 · Theatrical
August 16, 2018 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
November 15, 1951 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 2, 1951 · Theatrical
July 28, 1988 · Physical · VHS
April 29, 1999 · Theatrical
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