Alfred Hitchcock directs this classic suspense tale, tapping into the evil that lies hidden just beneath the surface in each of us to weave a dark plot of murder.

When two strangers, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger), whose wife will not grant him a divorce; and wealthy but deranged young Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who wants to be rid of his father, happen to meet on a train from Washington to New York the conversation casually turns to a possibly perfect crime: What if each committed a murder for the other? There is nothing to connect the two men. No apparent motive for either killing.

When the trip ends, Guy believes the conversation was hypothetical, and that he will never see Bruno again. Then his wife is murdered . . . and Bruno returns for payback.

CAST AND CREW

Patricia Hitchcock Laura Elliot Farley Granger Ruth Roman Leo G. Carroll Alfred Hitchcock

GENRE

Thriller

CERTIFICATE

Contains mild violence, threat and language

RUN TIME

1 hour 39 minutes

RELEASED

1951