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Quick Info

Rating

7.7/10

Release1951

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,200,000

Revenue$7,000,000

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Movie

Strangers on a Train

1951

1h 41m

7.7

Crime

Thriller

Synopsis

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.

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