Strangers on a Train
“It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!”
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Strangers on a Train performed
Budget
$1.2M
Worldwide Gross
$7.0M
Gross Profit
$5.8M
Return
5.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Guy Haines
Farley Granger
Guy Haines
Anne Morton
Ruth Roman
Anne Morton
Bruno Antony
Robert Walker
Bruno Antony
Senator Morton
Leo G. Carroll
Senator Morton
Barbara Morton
Patricia Hitchcock
Barbara Morton
Miriam Haines
Kasey Rogers
Miriam Haines
Mrs. Antony
Marion Lorne
Mrs. Antony
Mr. Antony
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Antony
Captain Turley
Howard St. John
Captain Turley
Prof. Collins
John Brown
Prof. Collins
Mrs. Cunningham
Norma Varden
Mrs. Cunningham
Leslie Hennessey
Robert Gist
Leslie Hennessey
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