Believing that Guy is trying to escape, a police officer shoots at him, but instead kills the carousel operator, causing the carousel to spin out of control. (Leftover closeups from this film were "[27], One of the most memorable single shots in the Hitchcock canon it "is studied by film classes", says Laura Elliott, who played Miriam[28] is her character's strangulation by Bruno on the Magic Isle. A film of noir moments galore. Hitchcock In the novel, Guy Haines is not a tennis player, but rather a promising architect, and he does indeed go through with the murder of Bruno's father. Better still, the two-sided DVD edition of this enduring classic includes both the original version of the film and also the longer prerelease British print, which offers a more overt depiction of Bruno's flamboyant and dangerous personality, and his homoerotic attraction to Guy by way of his deviously indecent proposal. Highly recommended. Rowland V. Lee Ranch - Fallbrook Avenue, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. (original music by) Cinematography by Robert Burks . Although After winning a tennis match, Guy evades the police escort and heads for the amusement park to stop Bruno. Strangers On a Train 14+ HD CC Thriller 1 Hour 40 Minutes 1951 4.1 43 Ratings Strange thing about this trip. Some people are better off dead.") There can be no compromise in his work, his food or his wines. [22] "Low-keyed, mild mannered", Burks was "a versatile risk-taker with a penchant for moody atmosphere. Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father, and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. sister gets the creepiest lines in "Strangers on a Train," especially spotted Highsmith in a cameo in the film. A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Hitchcock's biggest changes were in his two lead characters: The character called Bruno Antony in the film is called Charles Anthony Bruno in the book. a divorce from his cheating wife, Miriam (Kasey Rogers), in order to marry Anne If you haven't seen it, it's time to change that! His gaze falls upon Barbara, whose appearance resembles Miriam's. Guy wants to move into a career in politics and has been dating a senator's daughter (Ann Morton) while awaiting a divorce from his wife. The police question Guy, but cannot confirm his alibi: a professor Guy met on the train was so drunk that he cannot remember their encounter. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. probably find at the top. As Bruno dies, his fingers unclench to reveal Guy's lighter in his hand. No matter how well a football team plays, the match has a fixed temporality. Ordinary Washington locations become sinister hunting grounds that mirror perfectly the creeping terror that slowly consumes Guy, as the lethally smooth Bruno relentlessly pursues him to a frenzied climax. And the chocolate ice cream is probably what he thought about first. whose conversation shows a detailed knowledge of Guy's private life. Senator Morton: She was a human being. He narrowed the geographic scope to the Northeast corridor, between Washington, D.C. and New York the novel ranged through the southwest and Florida, among other locales. Suspense through and through, great light/dark contrast in the camerawork. Bruno proposes, "I'll kill yours, you kill mine." [40] It is a score that "goes largely uncelebrated."[40]. [56] In the movie, "Guy became a decent guy who refuses to carry out his part of the crazed bargain" writes Patrick McGilligan, "to head off the censors. (This shot was famously unfaked, and the In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. A football match is always ninety minutes, stretched to thirty minutes extra and a possible penalty shoot-out at most. Bruno orders with gusto and with an interest in what he is going to eat lamb chops, French fries, and chocolate ice cream. The camera was on one side of the reflector, Elliott was on the other, and Hitchcock directed Elliott to turn her back to the reflector and "float backwards, all the way to the floor like you were doing the limbo. inspiration of a very large dog to distract the audience from what he would Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2007. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. Together the three women, working under the boss's guidance and late into most nights,[17] finished enough of the script in time to send the company East. It Hitchcock and his cast and crew decamped for the East Coast on October 17, 1950. But a men's three-set tennis match can be eleven hours or thirty minutes, depending on tiebreakers and whether it even goes to three sets at all. A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. [9], Kasey Rogers (credited as Laura Elliott) noted that she had perfect vision at the time the movie was made, but Hitchcock insisted she wear the character's thick eyeglasses, even in long shots when regular glass lenses would have been undetectable. "[60] Leslie Halliwell felt that Hitchcock was "at his best" and that the film "makes superior suspense entertainment," but called the story "unsatisfactory. Co-adapted by Raymond Chandler from a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train perfectly exemplifies Hitchcock's favorite theme of the evil that lurks just below the surface of everyday life and ordinary men.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Warner Bros. (1951)Cast: Farley Granger, Georges Renavent, Robert Walker, Patricia Hitchcock, Odette Myrtil, Ruth RomanDirector: Alfred HitchcockProducer: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Raymond Chandler, Whitfield Cook, Ben Hecht, Patricia Highsmith, Czenzi OrmondeWHO ARE WE?The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Chandler completed a first draft, then wrote a second, without hearing a single word back from Hitchcock; when finally he did get a communication from the director in late September, it was his dismissal from the project.[17]. was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his promiscuous wife Miriam so he can marry Anne Morton, the daughter of a US Senator. ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. A recently found longer prerelease British print (Side B) offers "a startling amplification of Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy and his psychotic personality," according to Bill Desowitz of Film Comment. Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. senator. The more you watch, the more you'll see. Is he just lonely? "The climactic carousel explosion was a marvel of miniatures and background projection, acting close-ups and other inserts, all of it seamlessly matched and blended under film editor William H. Ziegler's eye. A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the perfect cut and juxtaposition of shots (see how he builds the party scene with the progressive introduction of the bad guy in the initially stiff and upperclass situation). Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. only the whites of his eyes showing. "Holden would have been all wrongtoo sturdy, too put off by Bruno", writes critic Roger Ebert. meeting on the train, which was probably planned by Bruno, plays more like a The worker who called the police tells them that Bruno, not Guy, is the one he remembers seeing the night of the murder. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. temporarily dominant. One studio press release gave rise to a myth that still lingers on today. [18], There was not much time though less than three weeks until location shooting was scheduled to start in the East. When Guy arrives home, Bruno informs him Miriam is dead and insists that he must now honor their deal. There's Hecht suggested his assistant, Czenzi Ormonde, to write the screenplay. Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023. The unusual angle was a more complex proposition than it seems. accidental overdose of tranquilizers. On a train, wealthy smooth-talking psychopath Bruno Antony recognizes Haines and reveals his idea for a murder scheme: two strangers meet and "swap murders" Bruno suggests he kill Miriam and Guy kill Bruno's hated father. Hitchcock also cast Granger in "Rope" (1948), based on the I love Hitchcock but hadn't ever watched this one until the other day, and I was pleasantly surprised in some ways but mostly very disappointed. Miriam and the two boyfriends in her odd mnage trois bring "The Band Played On" to life by singing it on the merry-go-round, lustily and loudly Grinning balefully on the horse behind them, Bruno then sings it himself, making it his motto. [12], Securing the rights to the novel was the least of the hurdles Hitchcock would have to vault to get the property from printed page to screen. When he reaches his destination, Guy bids goodbye to Bruno, thinking nothing more of the affable but rather curious young man's homicidal theories. "[8], Hitchcock took a toy carousel and photographed it blown up by a small charge of explosives. The 1987 film Throw Momma from the Train by Danny DeVito was inspired by Strangers on a Train, which is also watched by DeVito's character in the film.[71][72]. Summaries A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. 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