Strangers on a Train
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
1951 / 101min / 35mm
“Criss cross.” Hitchcock’s adaptation of Highsmith’s 1951 page-turner kicks off with a casual encounter that reads like a same-sex pickup, as tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) inadvertently agrees to “swap murders” with preening rich kid Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker, in a career performance), and continues through some of the finest set pieces of Hitch’s career: a tennis match at Forest Hills, Bruno stalking his prey through a vulgar county fair, and an out-of-control carousel.
“In Hitchcock, the people you meet on trains can spell romance, adventure, or, in the case of Strangers on a Train’s Guy Haines, a colossal headache! Tip: beware anyone wearing spectator shoes.” —Series curator Genevieve Yue
Distributor: Hollywood Film Company"
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