Strangers on a Train
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director,
Cook, Whitfield, adapter.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959, screenwriter.
Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004, screenwriter.
Granger, Farley, actor.
Status
On Shelf
Popular Media - 3rd Floor
PN1997 .S773 2004
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Conspiracy -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Highsmith, Patricia, -- 1921-1995 -- Film adaptations.
Murder -- Drama.
Murderers -- Drama.
Passenger trains -- Drama.
Railroad travel -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Conspiracy
Detective and mystery films
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Film noir
Highsmith, Patricia, -- 1921-1995 -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkMHDx4b6QvghbCqWK8G3
Murder
Murderers
Passenger trains
Railroad travel
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other Subjects
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Films de fiction.
Hitchcock films.
Homicide -- Drama.
Homicide -- Drama.
Suspense films.
Suspense films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
video recordings (physical artifacts)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Vidéos.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (101, 103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
085393197520

Notes

General Note
Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
General Note
Originally released in 1951 as motion picture.
General Note
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 Hitchcock 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).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, William Ziegler ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Participants/Performers
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG ; Bonus features not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
In English or dubbed French with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; Closed captioned for main feature only.
Local note
SACFinal081324

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Cook, W., Chandler, R., Ormonde, C., Granger, F., Roman, R., Walker, R., Carroll, L. G., Burks, L. R., Ziegler, W., Tiomkin, D., & Highsmith, P. (2004). Strangers on a Train (Two-disc special edition.). Warner Home Video [distributor].

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2004. Strangers On a Train. Burbank, California: Warner Home Video [distributor].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. Strangers On a Train Burbank, California: Warner Home Video [distributor], 2004.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Cook, W., Chandler, R., Ormonde, C., Granger, F., Roman, R. and Walker, R. et al (2004). Strangers on a train. Two-disc special edn. Burbank, California: Warner Home Video [distributor].

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. Strangers On a Train Two-disc special edition., Warner Home Video [distributor], 2004.

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