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Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

CrimeThrillerDrama3.8

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.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.

June 27, 1951 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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Runtime1h 41m
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Rating distribution: 1.9K ratings

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Cast & crew

Farley Granger
Guy Haines
Ruth Roman
Anne Morton
Robert Walker
Bruno Antony
Leo G. Carroll
Senator Morton
Patricia Hitchcock
Barbara Morton
Kasey Rogers
Miriam Haines
Marion Lorne
Mrs. Antony
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Antony
Howard St. John
Captain Turley
John Brown
Prof. Collins
Norma Varden
Mrs. Cunningham
Robert Gist
Leslie Hennessey

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