It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker . "seductiveness" in the American print. Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2021. Strangers on a Train ( 1951) 100-101 mins | Drama | 30 June 1951 Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker [ More ] Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Cinematographer: Robert Burks Editor: William Ziegler Production Designer: Edward S. Haworth Production Company: With no known link between the two men, the police would be none the wiser, would they? It is those flaws that set up the real themes of Strangers. # staring # stalker # alfred hitchcock # strangers on a train # tennis match. [40] It is a score that "goes largely uncelebrated."[40]. strangers on a train. effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love
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A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. "[13], Even before sewing up the rights for the novel, Hitchcock's mind was whirling with ideas about how to adapt it for the screen. on a Train" is not a psychological study, however, but a first-rate
I n the latest Oscar Isaac vehicle, Mojave, director William Monaghan recycles the familiar tale of one man's seemingly chance encounter with a menacing stranger - a trope that was perfected more than six decades ago by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1951 masterpiece Strangers on a Train. The psychological game that Bruno plays on Guy is to force him to kill Bruno's over-bearing father. Rogers was effectively blind with the glasses on and needed to be guided by the other actors. criminal.". A film of noir moments galore. But Miriam does not want the divorce, and instead plans to live off Haines's money. One of the most popular psychological crime thrillers that Hitchcock ever made is definitely Strangers on a Train, the master's adaptation of crime novelist Patricia Highsmith's debut novel that hit theaters back in 1951.Even though a lot of film scholars over the years considered the movie at least to a degree inferior to Hitchcock's landmark films such as Vertigo or Rear Window, this . Ormonde hunkered down with Hitchcock's associate producer Barbara Keondisparagingly called "Hitchcock's factotum" by Chandler[19]and Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife. He found exactly what he needed right on the Warners lot in the person of staff cameraman Robert Burks, who would continue to work with Hitchcock, shooting every Hitchcock picture through to Marnie (1964), with the exception of Psycho. "[I]n one of the most unexpected, most aesthetically justified moments in film,"[29] the slow, almost graceful, murder is shown as a reflection in the victim's eyeglasses, which have been jarred loose from her head and dropped to the ground. One studio press release gave rise to a myth that still lingers on today. Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White. [28] Anne reaches for the big phone, but actually answers a regular one: "I did that on one take", Hitchcock explained, "by moving in on Anne so that the big phone went out of the frame as she reached for it. his identity and lifestyle. Add on for my new cinema room setup. Hecht suggested his assistant, Czenzi Ormonde, to write the screenplay. Bruno's, which is looking straight ahead at Guy. Especially with Bruno, who held the movie together as he did the book." is a plot made of ingenuity and amorality, based on the first novel by Patricia
He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". calculation, and usually got away with their crimes. "The scene gives a beautifully exact symbolic expression to Guy's relationship with Bruno and what he stands for. With an emphasis on narrative and visual strategy, Hitchcock controls the escalating tension with a master's flair for cinematic design, and the plot (coscripted by Raymond Chandler) is so tightly constructed that you'll be white-knuckled even after multiple viewings. Although Hitchcock admitted to undercranking the shot (artificially accelerating the action),[34] it was not a trick shot: the man actually had to crawl under the spinning ride, just inches from possible injury. This triggers a flashback; Bruno compulsively squeezes the woman's neck, and other guests intervene to stop him from strangling her to death. Guy, on the other hand, shows little interest in eating the lunch, apparently having given it no advance thought, in contrast to Bruno, and he merely orders what seems his routine choice, a hamburger and coffee. I've been hearing about this movie recently and decided to give it a go, and I'm so glad I did! sexual tension -- that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and
Also in the cast are Ruth Roman, Leo J. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock (Alfred's daughter), Marion Lorne, and Kasey Rogers. Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and has been seen in the company of senator's daughter Ann Morton (Ruth Roman). Robert Walker is fabulous as the twisted Bruno. 'If the man had raised his head even slightly", Hitchcock said, "it would have gone from being a suspense film into a horror film. It was not enough for Hitchcock to construct merely a world of doubles even contrasting doubles in a strict polar-opposite structure; for Hitchcock, the good-and-evil, darkness-and-light poles "didn't have to be mutually exclusive. That carousel scene was not faked! [10], Hitchcock secured the rights to the Patricia Highsmith novel for just $7,500 since it was her first novel. producer (uncredited) Music by Dimitri Tiomkin . Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. [33], The explosion is triggered by the attempts of a carnival man to stop the ride after crawling under the whirling carousel deck to get to the controls in the center. always used the convention that the left side of the screen is for evil and/or
Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. They would both have airtight alibis for the time of the crime, and
A very good choice for train food. "[43] "This was good stuff for press agents paid to stir up thrills and it has been repeated in other books to bolster the idea of Hitchcock's sadism,"[36] but "we were [only] up there two or three minutes at the outside. My father wasn't ever sadistic. "Me, I never do anything important." subtext. So much occurs in pairs. To amuse another guest, Bruno playfully demonstrates how to strangle a woman. Poor unfortunate girl. ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. Made by movie fans, for movie fans.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS:MOVIECLIPS: http://bit.ly/1u2yaWdComingSoon: http://bit.ly/1DVpgtRIndie \u0026 Film Festivals: http://bit.ly/1wbkfYgHero Central: http://bit.ly/1AMUZwvExtras: http://bit.ly/1u431frClassic Trailers: http://bit.ly/1u43jDePop-Up Trailers: http://bit.ly/1z7EtZRMovie News: http://bit.ly/1C3Ncd2Movie Games: http://bit.ly/1ygDV13Fandango: http://bit.ly/1Bl79yeFandango FrontRunners: http://bit.ly/1CggQfCHIT US UP:Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1y8M8axTwitter: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmtPinterest: http://bit.ly/14wL9DeTumblr: http://bit.ly/1vUwhH7 The U.S. Senate was busy investigating the suspicion that 'moral perverts' in the government were also undermining national security going so far as to commission a study, Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government. After appearances in his 2 best British films, "The 39 Steps" (1935) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) , the train was elevated to star billing along with the 2 male leads in "Strangers on a Train" (1951).Not only does the train move its passengers around, it is the location where one's diabolical "you do my murder, I"ll do yours" plot is hatched and used to seduce the other. "Strangers
"Isn't it a fascinating design?" Suspense through and through, great light/dark contrast in the camerawork. Theatrical Trailer (SD; 2:34). Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. [14] Talks with Dashiell Hammett got further,[12] but here too communications ultimately broke down, and Hammett never took the assignment. Patricia, as the outspoken young Barbara Morton, kid sister of Guy's fiance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2021, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2021, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White, English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Leo G. Carroll, Farley Granger, Hitchcock, Patricia, Lorne, Marion, Roman, Ruth. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. villains, and Hitch agreed with Truffaut that the audience sympathy was more
But, for all that, his basic premise of fear fired by menace is so thin and so utterly unconvincing that the story just does not stand. This is the so-called "British" version of the film (which was included on the "flipper" DVD a few years ago) which runs about two minutes longer than the final cut and has some alternate takes. He is seen carrying a double bass as he climbs onto a train. Guy creeps into Bruno's father's room to warn him of his son's murderous intentions, but instead finds Bruno there waiting for him. homosexuality still dared not speak its name very loudly in 1951, Hitchcock was
Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. In Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic, "Strangers On a Train", a naive and weary tennis pro unwisely allows himself to be enticed into the confidence of a seemingly silly stranger. [44] It premiered in New York on July 3, marking the reopening of the extensively remodeled Strand Theatre as the Warner Theatre, and in a dozen cities around the country. Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero
[4] Hitchcock said that he originally wanted William Holden for the Guy Haines role,[5][6] but Holden declined. either of the actors, Walker's Bruno has been called one of Hitchcock's best
Synopsis. It was Hitchcock, not Tiomkin, whose idea brought the four evocative numbers[8] "The Band Played On", "Carolina in the Morning", "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", and "Baby Face" to the soundtrack: In one of Hitchcock's most explicit operatic gestures, the characters at the fateful carnival sing the score, giving it full dimension as part of the drama. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual
"Preferences in food characterize people" Hitchcock said. Strangers On A Train, a masterpiece, presented here in a finely produced HD release. has even been reported in the movie's lore (all the attention goes to
so often do, with a sense of private scores being settled just out of sight. [44] Of greater interest to Warner was the box office take, and the "receipts soon told the true story: Strangers on a Train was a success, and Hitchcock was pronounced at the top of his form as master of the dark, melodramatic suspense thriller. reflected events in his private life; he had a nervous breakdown shortly after
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023. "[59], Conversely, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times criticized the film: "Mr. Hitchcock again is tossing a crazy murder story in the air and trying to con us into thinking that it will stand up without support. As Bruno dies, his fingers unclench to reveal Guy's lighter in his hand. These disturbing sounds, heard to superb effect in cues such as 'The Meeting,' 'Senator's Office,' and 'Jefferson Memorial,' are not just about Bruno, but about how he is perceived by those whose lives he crossesfirst Guy, then everyone in Guy's entourage."[37]. "[55], Although its first rumblings came in 1947 with the trial and conviction of the "Hollywood Ten," the so-called Red Scare was gathering steam in 1950, with the espionage-related arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the trial of Alger Hiss. This includes lots of great home movies; Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting (SD; 1:08) is a weird little snippet without sound that shows Hitch interacting with actors made up as historical characters. Each will murder a stranger, with no apparent motive, so neither will be suspected. upstairs in the dark in Bruno's house, Hitchcock told Truffaut, he hit on the
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[9] Hitchcock had already shot the long shots for the tennis match at Forest Hills and would add closer shots with Granger and Jack Cushingham, Granger's tennis coach off-screen and Guy's tennis opponent Fred Reynolds on-screen at a tennis club in South Gate, California. "[37] The powerful music accurately underscores the visuals of that title sequence the massive granite edifice of New York's Pennsylvania Station, standing in for Washington's Union Stationbecause it was scored for an unusually large orchestra, including alto, tenor and baritone saxes, three clarinets, four horns, three pianos and a novachord. Once Bruno Antony acts on 'removing' Guy's wife, the movie ytakes off. Bruno knows about Guy well from reading gossip papers. there would be no possible connection between killer and victim. Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2007. He has no patience with mediocrity on the set or at a dinner table. 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