Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train [videorecording] / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.; Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004.; Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.; Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.; Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.; Granger, Farley.; Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999.; Walker, Robert, 1918-1951.; Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Warner Home Video (Firm)
2004
PN1997 .S77368 2004
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Title
Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train [videorecording] / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures ; screen play by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Distinctive Title
Strangers on a train
Edition
Two-disc special ed. ; standard version.
ISBN
0790789981
9780790789989
9780790789989
Imprint
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2004.
Language
English
Language Note
English or French soundtracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; Closed captioned for main feature only.
Description
2 videodiscs (204 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers
085393197520
Call Number
PN1997 .S77368 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
31975 Warner Home Video
Summary
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.
Note
Title from opening frames.
Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
DVD release of the 1951 motion picture.
Special features include: commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Patricia Highsmith, biographer Andrew Wilson, and others; excerpt from an interview with Alfred Hitchcock; theatrical trailer; Strangers on a train : a Hitchock classic (making-of documentary); The Hitchcocks on hitch (featurette); Strangers on a train : the victim's P.O.V. (featurette); Strangers on a train : an appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan (featurette); Alfred Hitchcock's historical meeting (vintage newsreel).
Adaptation by Whitfield Cook from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
DVD release of the 1951 motion picture.
Special features include: commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Patricia Highsmith, biographer Andrew Wilson, and others; excerpt from an interview with Alfred Hitchcock; theatrical trailer; Strangers on a train : a Hitchock classic (making-of documentary); The Hitchcocks on hitch (featurette); Strangers on a train : the victim's P.O.V. (featurette); Strangers on a train : an appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan (featurette); Alfred Hitchcock's historical meeting (vintage newsreel).
Credits
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, William Ziegler ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Performer
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll.
Cast
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG ; Bonus features not rated.
System Details Note
DVD in the aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition ; Region 1 ; Dolby digital mono ; Dual layer format.
Added Author
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Granger, Farley.
Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999.
Walker, Robert, 1918-1951.
Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972.
Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Granger, Farley.
Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999.
Walker, Robert, 1918-1951.
Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972.
Added Corporate Author
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Table of Contents
Disc 1. Final release version (101 min.)
Disc 2. Preview version (103 min.).
Disc 2. Preview version (103 min.).