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

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, director, producer.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959, screenwriter.
Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004, screenwriter.
Granger, Farley, actor.
Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999, actor.
Walker, Robert, 1918-1951, actor.
Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972, actor.
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979, composer.
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Warner Bros. Pictures, producer, distributor.
Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995--Film adaptations.
Highsmith, Patricia.
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Murder--United States--Drama.
Murder.
United States.
Genre:
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film noir.
Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (204 min.) : sound, black and white, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Other Title:
Title on container : Alfred Hitchcock's strangers on a train
Place of Publication:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [1997]
Language Note:
In English and French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby digital.
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
A tennis star (Guy) is harassed on a train by a psychotic (Bruno) who wants to swap murders and who proceeds to carry out his part of the unconfirmed bargain. The British version amplifies Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy, and his psychotic personality.
Participant:
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Laura Elliott.
Credits:
Photography, Robert Burks ; editor, William Ziegler ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Notes:
Contains the Hollywood version (101 min.) on side A and the British version (103 min.) on side B.
Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Originally released as motion picture in 1951.
Special features: interactive menus, scene access, production notes, five trailers of Hitchcock movies and Hitchcock newsreel footage.
ISBN:
0790731029
OCLC:
38844742
Publisher Number:
085391532422
15324 Warner Home Video

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