As a Hitchcock fan STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is one the few Hitchcock films I have not seen until recently . I was very dissapointed. Farley Granger acting is terrible. Leo G.Carrol is cast as a US senator but has a British accent . And the film is outdated. Some of HITCHCOCKS TV SHOW episodes are Better. For all the praise I've heard about it I was shocked how weak it is.
shareconcept is great. the merry-go round ending gets comical real fast.
overall movie is still fairly entertaining IMO
I thought it was a very good movie. The parts with Bruno menacing the other guy were very creepy and well done.
sharewas there supposed to be a remake? i forget now.. think Ben Affleck was attached to the project, which is hilarious on its own
shareWell, there was Throw Momma From the Train. Not a remake, but inspired by this. I never heard of a remake. I don think that’s a good idea. Remakes rarely are good.
shareI really enjoyed it. It's not one of Hitchcock's best, I'll never rank it with Vertigo and Rear Window, but it's a solid flick.
shareIt's one of Hitchcock's classics. Granger's acting is excellent, as is Walker's. As for "outdated", a 1951 movie about events in 1951 is going to look and sound like 1951. So what? It would be ridiculous to expect otherwise.
shareGreat film and not dated at all. The merry go round scene was a bit outrageous. I guess Bruno needed to die some how.
I thought the acting was ok but Robert Walker outclasses Granger. A brilliant actor who died way too young.
You could argue that it is a bit too much for a man to tell a total stranger about his desire to murder his father. Bruno was getting desperate.