Strangers on a Train

1951 · directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Rating
84/100
Hit
yes

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Strangers on a Train (1951), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Farley Granger
  • Ruth Roman
  • Robert Walker
  • Leo G. Carroll
  • Patricia Hitchcock
  • Kasey Rogers
  • Marion Lorne
  • Jonathan Hale
  • Howard St. John
  • John Brown

Crew

  • Robert Burks — Director of Photography
  • William H. Ziegler — Editor
  • Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer
  • Czenzi Ormonde — Screenplay
  • Raymond Chandler — Screenplay

More from Alfred Hitchcock

  1. Rear Window (1954) — 100/100 · hit
  2. North by Northwest (1959) — 99/100 · hit
  3. Vertigo (1958) — 99/100 · hit
  4. Psycho (1960) — 99/100 · hit
  5. Rebecca (1940) — 89/100 · hit
  6. Notorious (1946) — 86/100 · hit

How these numbers work: Methodology