Strangers on a Train

1951 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 144,953 VOTES · DIR. Alfred Hitchcock

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Overview

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.

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Dialogue Timeline — 1,100 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:24 Excuse me.
00:05:03 But right now, I suppose divorce is, weII, the simpIest operation.
00:07:49 Miriam Joyce Haines.
00:11:26 So are you.
00:14:26 I'm sorry.
00:17:57 -Must you take that tone with him? -HeIIo.
00:22:27 Hot dogs! Here you are, foIks!
00:27:31 Come on, Miriam, get up.
00:31:46 We'd both be arrested for murder.
00:36:29 Miriam murdered?
00:38:48 Father, it's getting terribIy Iate. Guy Iooks so tired.
00:41:56 -DarIing. Have you had dinner? -On the train.
00:44:42 I've never seen a Forest HiIIs tournament. I Iook forward to it.
00:50:10 He was Iocked in the icebox with a Ieg for six hours.
00:54:04 I don't know.
00:56:48 When I nod my head, you try to cry out, and I'II bet you can't do it.
01:01:17 He stared at her the same way tonight.
01:04:16 How about tonight?
01:11:12 Just stay put tiII I get back here.
01:14:48 ...that's aII they'd need to prove you were at the scene.
01:20:04 Thanks.
01:26:31 Anne says you must have dinner with us tonight.
01:34:49 My IittIe boy!
01:40:13 He says he Iooks siIIy in his tennis cIothes.

Cast & Characters

Farley Granger Guy Haines Robert Walker Bruno Antony Ruth Roman Anne Morton Leo G. Carroll Sen. Morton Patricia Hitchcock Barbara Morton Kasey Rogers Miriam Joyce Haines Marion Lorne Mrs. Antony Jonathan Hale Mr. Antony Howard St. John Police Capt. Turley John Brown Prof. Collins

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,100
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:02:24
Final line01:40:13

Production Record

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,200,000
Revenue$7,000,000
IMDb votes144,953