Strangers on a Train (1951; re-release 1957)

US one-sheet

27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]

Very Good to Fine, linen backed. Prior to restoration linen backing there were two brown tape stains bottom border, minor vertical fold tears at top.

HITCHCOCK, Alfred

"You'll be in the grip of love's strangest trip!"; "It's off the beaten track!"; "It begins with the shriek of a train whistle and ends with shrieking excitement! Young America's idol - a good looking stranger in search of sensation - and a girl in love. These are the people around whom Alfred Hitchcock spins his wonderful new web of suspense and surprise. Warner Bros. bring you a pounding new tempo to motion picture entertainment."; "It starts with the shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!" A psychotic socialite (Robert Walker, brilliant) confronts a pro tennis star (Farley Granger) with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder - a theory that he plans to implement. Hitchcock's brilliant adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel features a whole string of the Master of Suspense's trademark set-pieces and priveleged moments: the stunning opening focusing on the shoes of the titular strangers, a murder reflected in sunglasses, the tennis match, the hand down a drain, and the thrilling finale aboard the merry-go-round.