Strangers on a Train (1951) movie poster

Strangers on a Train (1951)

"It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!"
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👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 93%
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Runtime
1h 41m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.7/10 (1,849 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
88

Cast

Farley Granger as Guy Haines · 83% avg
Ruth Roman as Anne Morton
Robert Walker as Bruno Antony
Leo G. Carroll as Sen. Morton · 83% avg
Patricia Hitchcock as Barbara Morton
Kasey Rogers as Miriam Haines
Marion Lorne as Mrs. Antony
Jonathan Hale as Mr. Antony

Is Strangers on a Train good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 93%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#156 / 1253 · Crime
Rank in its year
#3 / 7 · 1951
Rank among its director's films
#6 / 23 · Alfred Hitchcock

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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