This film begins with two men boarding a train on the East Coast with the first person being a popular tennis player by the name of "Guy Haines" (Farley Granger). To that effect, it's his popularity that draws the second person "Bruno Antony" (Robert Walker) over to talk to him. As it so happens, the gossip columns of the newspapers have reported that Guy is seeking a divorce from his wife "Miriam Joyce Haines" (Kasey Rogers) because she cheated on him. It's also been reported that once the divorce is finalized he plans to marry a woman named "Anne Morton" (Ruth Roman) who just happens to be the daughter of a United States senator. Knowing all of this, Bruno proposes a deal in which he will murder Miriam if Guy will kill Bruno's father (played by Jonathan Hale). Naturally, Guy dismisses the entire conversation as a joke and proceeds to go about his own business. Not long afterward, he is horrified to learn that Miriam has indeed been murdered and that Bruno is determined to have Guy uphold his end of the supposed deal-or else. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a pretty good film which benefitted from good acting, plenty of suspense and some clever camera shots which only Alfred Hitchcock could imagine. That being said, I enjoyed this film and recommend it to viewers interested in a picture of this sort.
Review of Strangers on a Train
