Strangers on a train [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Strangers on a train (portion title)

Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 (actor). Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959 (screenwriter). Granger, Farley (actor). Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (film director). Ormonde, Czenzi, 1913-2004 (screenwriter). Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999 (actor). Walker, Robert, 1918-1951 (actor). Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995 Motion picture adaptation of (work): (Added Author). Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (publisher). Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (presenter). Warner Home Video (Firm) (film distributor). Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0790789981
ISBN: 9780790789989
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (204 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Special edition
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., [2004].
Copyright: ©2004

Content descriptions

General Note:	Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith. DVD release of the 1951 motion picture. 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 Hitchock 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).
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Final release version (101 minutes) -- Disc 2. Preview version (103 minutes).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, William Ziegler ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for some violence and tension.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned ; English or French soundtracks ; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.