Strangers on a train / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train. Haines doesn't take the plan seriously, however, until his wife is suddenly murdered, and Anthony appears to demand that Haines keep his part of the bargain.
Record details
- ISBN: 0790789981
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (204 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Two-disc special edition.
- Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith. DVD release of the 1951 motion picture. Region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format. Special features include: commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Patricia Highsmith, biographer Andrew Wilson, and others; excerpt from an interview with Alfred Hitchcock; theatrical trailer; Strangers on a train : a Hitchock classic (making-of documentary); The Hitchcocks on hitch (featurette); Strangers on a train : the victim's P.O.V. (featurette); Strangers on a train : an appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan (featurette); Alfred Hitchcock's historical meeting (vintage newsreel). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Final release version (101 min.) -- Disc 2. Preview version (103 min.). |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, William Ziegler ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: PG. |
System Details Note: | DVD, |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned; English or French soundtracks; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. |
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Subject: | Murder > Drama. DVDs. Classic films. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) Film adaptations. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bangor Public Library | DVD STR (Text) | 75011000220787 | DVD Upstairs | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | DVD STRANGERS (Text) | 36446002078320 | Adult DVD | Available | - |
Southern Lehigh Public Library | DVD FIC STR (Text) | 30044100442187 | DVD Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train. Haines doesn't take the plan seriously, however, until his wife is suddenly murdered, and Anthony appears to demand that Haines keep his part of the bargain.