Strangers on a Train

~It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!

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.

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General Information

Release Date: 1951-06-27
Budget: $1200000
Revenue: $7000000
Runtime: 101 min

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