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Strangers on a train / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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.

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.
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.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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.

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