Synopsis. The camera switches back and forth from the tennis match to Bruno dropping the lighter down a grate of a storm drain and struggling to recover it. excellent suspect because of the genius of the actual killer's original plan: 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. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. [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. From its cleverly choreographed opening sequence to its heart-stopping climax on a rampant carousel, this 1951 Hitchcock classic readily earns its reputation as one of the director's finest examples of timeless cinematic suspense. BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play broadcast on 29 September 2011 was Strangers on a Film by Stephen Wyatt, which gives an imagined account of a series of meetings between Hitchcock (Clive Swift) and Raymond Chandler (Patrick Stewart), as they unsuccessfully attempt to create the screenplay for Strangers on a Train. 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. "[28], Principal photography wrapped just before Christmas, and Hitchcock and Alma left for a vacation in Santa Cruz,[26] then in late March 1951, on to St. Moritz, for a 25th anniversary European excursion. Strangers on a Train movie clips: http://j.mp/1yz9FQeBUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/UinqkeDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:Guy (Farley Granger) notices a sinister face watching him from the crowd.FILM DESCRIPTION:In one of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics, tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) on a train. ( IMDB). Screenshots. Then the DVD, 12 minutes and 16 seconds into the running time. [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. and Bruno struggle as a carnival worker crawls on his stomach under the 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. 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The website's consensus reads, "A provocative premise and inventive set design lights the way for Hitchcock diabolically entertaining masterpiece. Hitchcock, promotionally photographed many times over the years strangling various actresses and other women some one-handed, others two found himself in front of a camera with his fingers around the neck of a bust of daughter Patricia;[26] the photo found its way into newspapers nationwide. 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. The rest was complete by early November. "[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. "When Bruno openly suggests he would like to kill his wife, he merely grins and says 'That's a morbid thought,' but we sense the tension that underlies it. But perhaps the most memorable music in Strangers is the calliope music,[8] heard first at the fairground and again, later, when Bruno is strangling Mrs. Cunningham at Senator Morton's soire, and experiences his unfortunate flashback and subsequent fainting spell. ("he's stronger," he told Francois Truffaut), but Holden would have Upon its release in 1951, Strangers on a Train received mixed reviews. Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. # travel # kit harington # modern love # big day # train travel. Hitchcock and his cast and crew decamped for the East Coast on October 17, 1950. Guy goes to the Mortons' home, where Anne's father informs Guy that his wife has been murdered. Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Let me remind you that even the most unworthy of us has a right to life and the pursuit of happiness. has even been reported in the movie's lore (all the attention goes to With a release scheduled for early summer, the studio press agents swung into high gear early in 1951. "[60] Leslie Halliwell felt that Hitchcock was "at his best" and that the film "makes superior suspense entertainment," but called the story "unsatisfactory. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. To think she may have On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 98% based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average rating of 8.80/10. Strangers On A Train, a masterpiece, presented here in a finely produced HD release. Sometime later, another stranger on a train attempts to strike up conversation with Guy in the same way as had Bruno. Hitchcock had written exacting specifications for an amusement park, which was constructed on the ranch of director Rowland Lee in Chatsworth, California. "[17] This would be their last collaboration. Barbara Morton: From what I hear she pursued it in all directions. 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. [6] He added the film in his Great Movies list. Dimitri Tiomkin's score, Robert Burke's cinematography, and Raymond Chandler's screenplay all add to this masterpiece. Director Alfred Hitchcock Writers Raymond Chandler (screen play) Czenzi Ormonde (screen play) Whitfield Cook (adaptation) Stars Farley Granger Robert Walker Ruth Roman See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. calculation, and usually got away with their crimes. [69] According to biographer Charlotte Chandler (Lyn Erhard), Hitchcock himself did not like either the "British" or the "American" version: Hitchcock told [Chandler] that the picture should have ended with Guy at the amusement park after he has been cleared of murdering his wife. Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022. "The scene gives a beautifully exact symbolic expression to Guy's relationship with Bruno and what he stands for. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". "[4] Blurring the lines puts both Guy and Bruno on a good-evil continuum, and the infinite shades of gray in between, became Hitchcock's canvas for telling the story and painting his characters. The director told Ormonde to forget all about the book, then told her the story of the film himself, from beginning to end. [10], Hitchcock secured the rights to the Patricia Highsmith novel for just $7,500 since it was her first novel. criminal.". Guy Haines (Granger), an amateur tennis star, chances to meet the eccentric Bruno Anthony (Walker) on a train. Robert Walker is uncanny. Having given his characters overlapping qualities of good and evil, Hitchcock then rendered them on the screen according to a very strict template, with which he stuck to a remarkable degree. The film itself was great, the DVD was in fine condition, and it arrived either on time or early (can't remember which). 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. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. Review of 2 Disc 2004 Warner Bros edition(with orange & white cover)- As this well known film(from 1951) is equally well analysed & described In many other reviews I'll just give an overview of what's on the discs. 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. The laying bare of Bruno's hidden nature, along with the great set pieces (head-turning tennis match, disintegrating carousel) and suspense as only Hitchcock can deliver, makes for a first-class trip. fiction when she actually writes mainstream fiction about criminals. Strangers On A Train is about two men, Guy Haines and Bruno Anthony, who meet on a train by accidentally knocking shoes. But Haines, a famous tennis player, is recognized on a train by Bruno Anthony, The Highly recommended. is crucial. Diabolique, intriguing, morally ambiguous and wonderfully directed and narrated. He is seen carrying a double bass as he climbs onto a train. I like how he displays paranoia as the killer follows him around. That was my favorite part of the movie. Bruno mentions Guy's missing cigarette lighter to Anne and claims that Guy asked him to search the murder site for it. First Hitchcock got the exterior shots in Canoga Park, using both actors, then later he had Elliott alone report to a soundstage where there was a large concave reflector set on the floor. Walker's role has extreme color, and he projects it deftly. Waiting for the blu ray to comes out, but this Dvd is truly excellent. [22] "Low-keyed, mild mannered", Burks was "a versatile risk-taker with a penchant for moody atmosphere. 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. stunt man could have been killed; Hitchcock said he would never take such a Guy is suspended between tennis and politics, between his tramp wife and his senator's daughter, and Bruno is seeking desperately to establish an identity through violent, outr actions and flamboyance (shoes, lobster-patterned tie, name proclaimed to the world on his tiepin). When Guy arrives home, Bruno informs him Miriam is dead and insists that he must now honor their deal. "[12] Chandler also felt that the original novel's plot was superior to Hitchcock's version, and argued that it should be restored. This piece of film he then enlarged and projected onto a vast screen, positioning actors around and in front of it so that the effect is one of a mob of bystanders into which plaster horses and passengers are hurled in deadly chaos. My mum had said this was a great film, and she was right. A carnival worker crawls underneath it and applies the brakes too abruptly, causing the carousel to spin off its support, trapping the mortally injured Bruno underneath. Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. quite aware of Bruno's orientation, and indeed edited separate American and He must play as hard and as fast as he can in order to win the match, get off the court, and overtake the villain . place from Highsmith, whose novels have been unfairly shelved with crime Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. By the time Guy disembarks from the train, he has unwittingly entered into a deal with the devil, and his life almost immediately begins to unravel. + a very good 36 min documentary on the film ,a 7 min feature with 'murder victim' Laura Elliot, an 11 min 'Hitchcock family' feature and a 12min appreciation by director/fan M.Night Shyamalan- so all in all a good package of a film that's always worth another viewing,that's currently available at a good prices. his identity and lifestyle. His best performance and best casting. And then, Guy's wife turns up strangled to death. [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. [13] With treatment in hand, Hitchcock shopped for a screenwriter; he wanted a "name" writer to lend some prestige to the screenplay, but was turned down by eight writers, including John Steinbeck and Thornton Wilder, all of whom thought the story too tawdry and were put off by Highsmith's first-timer status. "Vertigo," "Notorious," "Psycho" and perhaps homosexuality still dared not speak its name very loudly in 1951, Hitchcock was "[65], Patricia Highsmith's opinion of the film varied over time. (Leftover closeups from this film were This is a psychological thriller involves two young men who are strangers upon meeting each other on a train. Yet both men, like so many of Hitchcock's protagonists, are insecure and uncertain of their identity. How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours, you kill mine. The screen adaptation differed from Highsmith's book in that Haines is given a happy ending, having . to agree to the plan, and Guy trying to jolly him along and get rid of him. movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only Is he just lonely? Tom Ripley falls in love not so much with his quarry Dickie Greenleaf as with To the man committed to a career in politics, Bruno represents a tempting overthrow of all responsibility. Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. (The same technique was used This triggers a flashback; Bruno compulsively squeezes the woman's neck, and other guests intervene to stop him from strangling her to death. similar eyeglasses; Bruno is playfully demonstrating strangling techniques at a Is he just lonely? "Shadow of a Doubt"), and its appeal is probably the linking of an The police assign an escort to watch him. "[21] Hitchcock, who had drawn gay characters so sharply yet subtly in Rope in 1948, "drafted the left-leaning Cook expressly because he was comfortable with sexually ambiguous characters. Guy meets with Miriam, who is pregnant by someone else, at her workplace in Metcalf, their hometown. Strangers on a Train PG 1951, Mystery & thriller, 1h 41m 98% Tomatometer 53 Reviews 92% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings What to know critics consensus A provocative premise and inventive set. Some people are better off dead.") An early preview edit of the film, sometimes labeled the "British" version although it was never released in Britain or anywhere else, includes some scenes either not in, or else different from, the film as released. She threatens to claim that he is the father, in order to thwart any divorce attempt. If you haven't seen it, it's time to change that! While Hitchcock strips out much of the textured sociopathy of Bruno's machinations, Hitchcocks preserves the ripely perverse relationship and its intimacy and murderous expression. The copy is terrific and worth every penny. Bruno knows about Guy well from reading gossip papers. It Guy tries to persuade Bruno to seek psychiatric help, but Bruno threatens to punish Guy for breaking their deal. What is the climax in Strangers on a Train? The premise is fascinating because it was far more intricate than I had been led to believe. inspiration of a very large dog to distract the audience from what he would For his part, Bruno, a rich and spoiled ne'er-do-well, chats amiably about his deep hatred of his father, and how he wishes someone would kill the old man. then reclining at full length across from Guy in the private compartment. At first glance, Guy represents the ordered life where people stick to rules, while Bruno comes from the world of chaos,[49] where they get thrown out of multiple colleges for drinking and gambling. A film of noir moments galore. his best films, including "Strangers on a Train" (1951), in which a Hitchcock had a crew shoot background footage of the 1950 Davis Cup finals held August 2527, 1950 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York. He makes an Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White. To amuse another guest, Bruno playfully demonstrates how to strangle a woman. Roman's role as a nice, understanding girl is a switch for her, and she makes it warmly effective. Man on a train is about evil and destiny hiding behind the corner, about life changing in a bit because threat is waiting for us, and it's a fantastic example of great storytelling developing a simple yet effective subject: two men meets on a train, and one word too many could change everything. Granger "[45] Bruno embodies Guy's dark desire to kill Miriam, a "real-life incarnation of Guy's wish-fulfillment fantasy".[45]. The hero plays a championship tennis match, knowing all the while that the villain is moving deliberately toward the execution of a piece of dirty work which will leave the hero hopelessly incriminated. reflected events in his private life; he had a nervous breakdown shortly after DVD Features: . Senator Morton: Dreadful. Bruno proposes, "I'll kill yours, you kill mine." "[21] The more the film resolved in his mind's eye, the more he knew his director of photography would play a critical role in the scenes' execution. "[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. "[13] In the novel, Guy is pursued and entrapped by a tenacious detective.[17]. Unfortunately, he is serious while Guy brushes it off. Although Hitchcock Some audience feedback arriving at Jack Warner's office condemned the film for its sordid story, while just as many others were favorable. The kid Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Hitchcock's trademark cameo) but you can look for yourself, in chapter six of Guy Haines, a famous tennis player, is recognized on a train by Bruno Anthony, whose conversation shows a detailed knowledge of Guy's private life. the Master of Suspense often asked. 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. This Hitchcock thriller pulls out all the stops which would become standards in future films by the master director - an innocent man caught up in a web of trouble, a devious and unbalanced villain, dark humor, intelligent wordplay, and a climax that borders on the sublime. pickup than a chance encounter. "The man who crawled under the out-of-control carousel was not an actor or a stuntman, but a carousel operator who volunteered for the job. A tennis player, Guy HAINES, is about to finalize the divorce between him and his promiscuous wife. sexual tension -- that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and Interesting, in this context, is Hitchcock's casting of his own daughter, 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. It is a twisting story of a male-on-male relationship that Patricia Highsmith often proffered (same-sex, male or female) in her best novels like this one. been all wrong -- too sturdy, too put off by Bruno (despite the way Holden The two sets of feet in the title sequence match each other in motion and in cutting, but they immediately establish the contrast between the two men: the first shoes "showy, vulgar brown-and-white brogues; [the] second, plain, unadorned walking shoes. With no known link between the two men, the police would be none the wiser, would they? 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, No Import Fees Deposit & $10.33 Shipping to France. used to finish his final film, "My Son John.") "Hitchcock told me that this scene was the most personally frightening moment for him in any of his films", writes biographer Charlotte Chandler. The merry-go-round scene is not in the book, but is taken from the climax of Edmund Crispin's 1946 novel The Moving Toyshop. "[8] Perhaps it was the circumstances of her forced casting, but Roman became the target of Hitchcock's scorn throughout the production. 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. As usual, Hitchcock kept his name out of the negotiations to keep the purchase price low. 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). In a conventional movie, the tune would play in the background as a clever ironic backdrop. "Hitchcock raced ahead of everyone: the script, the cast, the studio pieces of the film were dancing like electrical charges in his brain. "[53] Bruno tells Guy what he has done and gives him the glasses. In Hitchcock's cameo he carries a double bass. Disc1 contains the movie in a good looking & sounding print Review of 2 Disc 2004 Warner Bros edition(with orange & white cover)- As this well known film(from 1951) is equally well analysed & described In many other reviews I'll just give an overview of what's on the discs. The Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023. When Bruno drops the lighter down the sewer, he tells the bystanders, he needs help retrieving his cigarette CASE. frequently use a buried subtext of unstated gay attraction -- as in "The Georgetown house when Bruno whispers from across the street to summon him. While there, the crew had done some other location scouting. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. with any force or conviction. [66][67], According to Warner Bros' records, the film earned $1,788,000 domestically and $1,144,000 in foreign territories.[1]. 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. They would both have airtight alibis for the time of the crime, and This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. Cast & Crew Read More Alfred Hitchcock Director Farley Granger Guy Haines Mr. Granger appears by arrangement with Samuel Goldwyn Ruth Roman Anne Morton Robert Walker "[50], Bruno tells Guy early on that he admires him: "I certainly admire people who do things", he says. there would be no possible connection between killer and victim. 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