Strangers on a Train (1951)

Long before "Throw Momma from the Train" there was this Hitchcock super-thriller about two passengers who meet accidentally and plot to "exchange" murders -- the tennis star who wants out of his stifling marriage to marry another, and a psychopath who wants his inheritance Now. Tennis star Farley Granger ("They Live By Night") is hesitant, but amoral Robert Walker ("Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo") pushes ahead, and the result is pure Hitchcock. Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, with a screenplay by murder-mystery great Raymond Chandler ("Double Indemnity"). A timeless suspense classic, rated a perfect **** (four stars) by Leonard Maltin and countless other critics. Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.

AmazonUnbox | July 13, 2007

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