He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". chance again.) How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours, you kill mine. accidental overdose of tranquilizers. 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. sexual tension -- that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. 2003 biography says she often fell in love with straight women, and her stories filming was completed, was institutionalized for treatment, and died of an said in Francois Truffaut's book-length interview that he didn't much like There can be no compromise in his work, his food or his wines. The film's opening conversation scene on the train is like a tennis match in which Guy serves up one weak lob after another for Bruno to put sway. the wall make it appear Bruno has overtaken them. [12][15] Chandler took the job despite his opinion that it was "a silly little story. Between the two versions of the film, the "British" version most prominently omits the final scene on the train. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. Actually, it's doubly fascinating. [70], Strangers on a Train was adapted for the radio program Lux Radio Theatre on two occasions: on December 3, 1951, with Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, and Ray Milland, and on April 12, 1954, with Virginia Mayo, Dana Andrews, and Robert Cummings.[44]. 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). Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Patricia Hitchcock and Kasey Rogers look a little alike and wear very [57] All the major elements of the scene the two men struggling, the accidentally shot attendant, the out-of-control merry-go-round, the crawling under the moving merry-go-round to disable it are present in Crispin's account,[58] though he received no screen credit for it. [9] Granger described Hitchcock's attitude toward Roman as "disinterest" in the actress, and said he saw Hitchcock treat Edith Evanson the same way on the set of Rope (1948). Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023. "[14] But Chandler was a notoriously difficult collaborator and the two men could not have had more different meeting styles: Hitchcock enjoyed long, rambling off-topic meetings where often the film would not even be mentioned for hours, while Chandler was strictly business and wanted to get out and get writing. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they "exchange" murders so that neither will be caught. One gets the feeling of a closeted homosexual constantly coming onto Guy. He's endearing and menacing, intimate and unknowable. Farley Granger, Roman, Ruth, Alfred Hitchcock, Hitchcock, Patricia, Leo G. Carroll, Lorne, Marion, Walker, Robert. He called the meetings "god-awful jabber sessions which seem to be an inevitable although painful part of the picture business. "[22] Robert Burks received the film's sole Academy Award nomination for its black and white photography.[23]. spotted Highsmith in a cameo in the film. 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. Next, Hitchcock tried to hire Ben Hecht, but learned he was unavailable. Built on the cummins singapore email address, Animal Adventure Little Luxuries Premium 38 Jumbo Plush Dino. He is seen carrying a double bass as he climbs onto a train. 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. Interesting more as an "intellectual exercise" than anything else, but indispensable for those interested in seeing how Hitchcock continued to shape his films after an initial cut. 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. 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]. Synopsis. manner is pushy and insinuating, with homoerotic undertones. so often do, with a sense of private scores being settled just out of sight. That carousel scene was not faked! [4] "Granger is softer and more elusive, more convincing as he tries to slip out of Bruno's conversational web instead of flatly rejecting him. was a lesbian whose novels have uncanny psychological depth; Andrew Wilson's The more you watch, the more you'll see. Ormonde hunkered down with Hitchcock's associate producer Barbara Keondisparagingly called "Hitchcock's factotum" by Chandler[19]and Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife. a divorce from his cheating wife, Miriam (Kasey Rogers), in order to marry Anne "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. "Shadow of a Doubt"), and its appeal is probably the linking of an The police assign an escort to watch him. "[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. Perhaps Bruno thought it would sound more important if he said he'd dropped a case rather than a mere lighter. In accordance with the cautious censorship guidelines of the period, Hitchcock would later tame these elements of Walker's memorable performance by trimming and altering certain scenes, so the differences between the original and prerelease versions provide an illuminating illustration of censorship's effect on the story's thematic intensity. Theatrical Trailer (SD; 2:34). [66][67], According to Warner Bros' records, the film earned $1,788,000 domestically and $1,144,000 in foreign territories.[1]. [19], Even while the torturous writing stage was plodding its course, the director's excitement about the project was boundless. With cast nailed down, a script in hand, and a director of photography in tune with Hitchcock's vision on board, the company was ready to commence filming. strangers on a train. In Hitchcock's cameo he carries a double bass. to agree to the plan, and Guy trying to jolly him along and get rid of him. These events were the background to their work, while Hitchcock, Cook, Ormonde and Keon were preparing the script for Strangers, and film scholar Robert L. Carringer has written of a political subtext to the film. and Bruno struggle as a carnival worker crawls on his stomach under the Screenshots. Great transfer, great black and white contrast. [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. And the chocolate ice cream is probably what he thought about first. The psychological game that Bruno plays on Guy is to force him to kill Bruno's over-bearing father. 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. Over lunch in his private So Hitchcock had an oversized phone constructed and placed in the foreground. has even been reported in the movie's lore (all the attention goes to Yet both men, like so many of Hitchcock's protagonists, are insecure and uncertain of their identity. Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. Walker eats up the scenery and appears charming at first, if too friendly, then he delves into hatred and . British version of the film -- cutting down the intensity of the they're now both behind bars as he says, "You've got me acting like I'm a [12], Hitchcock then tried Raymond Chandler, who had earned an Oscar nomination for his first screenplay, Double Indemnity, in collaboration with Billy Wilder. upstairs in the dark in Bruno's house, Hitchcock told Truffaut, he hit on the 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. space underlined the tension in ways the audience is not always aware of. temporarily dominant. wants dead. Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his promiscuous wife Miriam so he can marry Anne Morton, the daughter of a US Senator. A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. the Master of Suspense often asked. "[50], Bruno tells Guy early on that he admires him: "I certainly admire people who do things", he says. 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. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. "seductiveness" in the American print. "[45] Bruno embodies Guy's dark desire to kill Miriam, a "real-life incarnation of Guy's wish-fulfillment fantasy".[45]. Robert Walker performance benefits from a subtle tense urgency that perhaps either of the actors, Walker's Bruno has been called one of Hitchcock's best 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. Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. 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. at a carnival; Miriam and two boyfriends are in the boat ahead, and shadows on Next shot. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. "[61], In contrast, modern reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. There's also the breathtaking runaway merry-go-round ride in the finale, where the operator is shot and the ride keeps going as frantic parents scream and the children hold onto the horses for dear . 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 . That combination came in the first 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. Hitchcock's trademark cameo) but you can look for yourself, in chapter six of 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. "[47], Guy and Bruno are in some ways doubles, but in many more ways, they are opposites. Once on the train, Bruno orders a pair of double drinks "The only kind of doubles I play", he says charmingly. is crucial. thriller with odd little kinks now and then. 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). He also showed intense interest in a seldom-considered detail of character delineation: food. This fear is at the heart of many of Barbara Morton: From what I hear she pursued it in all directions. A film of noir moments galore. The film initially received mixed reviews but has since been regarded much more favorably. Hitchcock said that correct casting saved him "a reel of storytelling time", since audiences would sense qualities in the actors that did not have to be spelled out. In a scene where Guy goes 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. Rowland V. Lee Ranch - Fallbrook Avenue, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. The film was later made available on Blu-ray in 2012 with the same contents as the 2004 DVD edition. Variety praised it, writing: "Performance-wise, the cast comes through strongly. Guy tries to persuade Bruno to seek psychiatric help, but Bruno threatens to punish Guy for breaking their deal. "[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. homosexuality still dared not speak its name very loudly in 1951, Hitchcock was Guy goes to the Mortons' home, where Anne's father informs Guy that his wife has been murdered. Hitchcock also cast Granger in "Rope" (1948), based on the I suspect the things we might see so plainly now - the homosexual longing in Bruno, the wicked contrast of the man of action and the man of ideas, the superficiality of Guy and the hungry depth . [36], Composer Dimitri Tiomkin was Jack Warner's choice to score Strangers on a Train. To amuse another guest, Bruno playfully demonstrates how to strangle a woman. Disc1 contains the movie in a good looking & sounding print with optional subtitles + French & Italian language versions and has a very good,entertaining commentary with various people talking about the film, book and much else, with the highlight for 'Hitchophiles' being interview segments of director & Hitchcock biographer Peter Bogdanovich questioning the man himself. 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With his new writer, he wanted to start from square one: At their first conference, Hitchcock made a show of pinching his nose, then holding up Chandler's draft with his thumb and forefinger and dropping it into a wastebasket. allowed an aging actress to manipulate him in "Sunset Boulevard"). 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: Especially with Bruno, who held the movie together as he did the book." 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. "[65], Patricia Highsmith's opinion of the film varied over time. Addeddate 2021-02-10 15:58:01 Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. Hitchcock wanted the phone in the foreground to dominate the shot, emphasizing the importance of the call, but the limited depth-of-field of contemporary motion picture lenses made it difficult to get both phone and women in focus. Bruno follows Guy around Washington, introduces himself to Anne, and appears at a party at Senator Morton's house. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. His best performance and best casting. Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White. Hitchcock "[46] It undergirds the whole film because it finally serves to associate the world of light, order, and vitality with the world of darkness, chaos, lunacy and death. [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. 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. subtext. [21] The scripting team added the tennis match and the crosscutting with Bruno's storm drain travails in Metcalf added the cigarette lighter, the Tunnel of Love, Miriam's eyeglasses; in fact, the amusement park is only a brief setting in the novel.[21]. reflected events in his private life; he had a nervous breakdown shortly after remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. 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. "[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. Georgetown house when Bruno whispers from across the street to summon him. Rogers was effectively blind with the glasses on and needed to be guided by the other actors. "[48] And at this point the blurring of good and evil accelerates: Guy fails to repudiate Bruno's suggestive statement about murdering Miriam ("What's a life or two, Guy? 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 . "He had to have one person in each film he could harass," Granger said. there would be no possible connection between killer and victim. movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only Aboard a train bound for New York, Guy, the tennis pro, is shocked to discover how much information the wealthy stranger, Bruno, knows about him. [10], Hitchcock secured the rights to the Patricia Highsmith novel for just $7,500 since it was her first novel. Robert Walker is uncanny. was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several According to Bruno, it's all to be read in the newspapers, especially the gossip concerning Guy's relationship with the daughter of a United States senator, and the ongoing drama with Guy's soon-to-be ex-wife, a good-time gal who's pregnant with another man's child. By month's end, they were back in California. Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022. The film's climax, which takes place on a carousel, is one of the most complex scenes ever shot by the director. It on a Train" is not a psychological study, however, but a first-rate No Highsmith cameo To think she may have I've been hearing about this movie recently and decided to give it a go, and I'm so glad I did! What is the streaming release date of Strangers on a Train (1951) in Canada? When Guy arrives home, Bruno informs him Miriam is dead and insists that he must now honor their deal. said that correct casting saved him a reel in storytelling time, since With a release scheduled for early summer, the studio press agents swung into high gear early in 1951. His gaze falls upon Barbara, whose appearance resembles Miriam's. Bruno's "You're a free man now", he says, just as a police car drives up, looking for the husband of a certain recent murder victim. an intriguing note from a user of the Internet Movie Database, claiming to have It is one of the moments in Hitchcock's work that continues to bring gasps from every audience and applause from cinema students. Please use a different way to share. Talking about the structure of the film, Hitchcock said to Truffaut, "Isn't it a fascinating design? 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. 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. Later in life, while still praising Robert Walker's performance as Bruno, she criticized the casting of Ruth Roman as Anne, Hitchcock's decision to turn Guy from an architect into a tennis player, and the fact that Guy does not murder Bruno's father as he does in the novel. How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours, you kill mine. "[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. But has since been regarded much more favorably two versions of the film to be guided by the other.... 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