Season 2: Episode 69 - BOOK TO SCREEN: Strangers on a Train (1951)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

 

American psychological thriller film noir with a script by Raymond Chandler, Whitfield Cook and Czenzi Ormonde, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.

 

Strangers on a Train would start the Hitchcock renaissance which would run through the 50’s and 60’s.  It would be studied in depth by film studies especially for the scene of Margery’s murder and would have endless films use the plot such as Throw Momma From the Train, Sweet Revenge and Horrible Bosses to name a few.  The film would also characterise light and dark and have a strong political context.

 

The film stars Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G Carroll and Patricia Hitchcock.

 

We have a special guest co-host, the amazing writer, director, producer and actor Dave Campfield (Caesar and Otto films, Under Survillence and Dark Chamber).  You can following him via the following links:

 

Website, Twitter or via his YouTube channel.  You can also watch one of his Caesar and Otto short films – Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula’s Lawyer by clicking on the title.

 

Opening Credits (.20); Introduction (1.30); PSA (11.58); Forming the Plot (12.54); Film Trailer (1:25.08);  Lights, Camera, Action (1:29.59); Epilogue (2:35.35); End Credits (2:40.10); Closing Credits (2:41.40)

 

Opening Credits – Strangers on a Train Main Theme by Dimitri Tiomkin from the album Crime Scenes of Alfred Hitchcock

 

Closing Credits – Strangers by Hanne Mjoen from the album Strangers

 

All songs available from Amazon.

 

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