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Did Hitchcock 'borrow' his murder scene on the island in the


amusement park in Strangers On A Train from this earlier movie? Eerily reminiscent of the ending scene from Wanted For Murder IMHO.

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I'd like to know the answer to your question also. I noticed a few other similarities to "Strangers": there are several train references, a merry-go-round, and a record store including a listening booth. More generally, there's also some Hitchcockian humor.

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I certainly looks like that..
So much so that at one point, for a brief moment, during a scene on the bus wen a large gentleman sat down in a nearby seat I found myself thinking...

few visible scars

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