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  • Strangers on a Train (1951)
  • PG
    101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Strangers on a Train (1951)
PG
101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
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Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
Raymond Chandler (screen play) | Czenzi Ormonde (screen play) | Whitfield Cook (adaptation) | Patricia Highsmith (from the novel by)
Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematographer
Robert Burks
Editor
William H. Ziegler (as William Ziegler)
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Release date
Jun 30, 1951 (United States)
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

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79 cast members
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