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{{quote|'''Bruno:''' It's so simple, too. A couple of fellows meet accidentally, like you and me. No connection between them at all. Never saw each other before. Each of them has somebody he'd like to get rid of, but he can't murder the person he wants to get rid of. He'll get caught. So they swap murders.
'''Guy:''' Swap murders?
'''Bruno:''' Each fellow does the other fellow's murder. Then there is nothing to connect them. The one who had the motive isn't there. Each fellow murders a total stranger. Like you do my murder and I do yours.
'''Guy:''' We're coming into my station.
'''Bruno:''' For example, your wife, my father. Criss-cross.|''[[Strangers
A 1951 [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker. Guy Haines (Granger), an amateur tennis star, meets the eccentric Bruno Antony (Walker)on a train. Bruno has read about Guy's romantic troubles in the paper, and suggests that he might want to...[[Murder Is the Best Solution|dispose of his wife]], the unfaithful Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines (Kasey Rogers under the alias "Laura Elliot"), so he can marry Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. Senator. Bruno tells Guy of his own unhappiness with his father, and outlines his plot for the perfect murder: [[Strangers
The movie was based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith (of ''[[Ripliad]]'' fame) and had a screenplay originally written by [[Raymond Chandler]] (before he was fired and replaced). The book and the movie are the [[Trope Namer]], [[Trope Maker]], and [[Trope Codifier]] for [[Strangers
''Strangers on a Train'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2021.
A [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455788/ remake] appears to be languishing in [[Development Hell]].
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Bruno, at least until he shows his true colors.
* [[Amusement Park]]: The scene of {{spoiler|Miriam's murder}} and of the film's climax.
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* [[Foe Yay]]: Bruno's plan would have worked - had he not been so ''interested'' in Guy.
* [[Foil]]: Bruno and Guy, very intentional (see [[Numerological Motif]] below).
* [[Hey,
** And that's Hitch's daughter Patricia, well before ''[[
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in
** Probably because they're too busy caring about the merry-go-round full of people that's {{spoiler|going at a dangerous speed and can't be stopped now that its attendant is gone.}}
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Barbara Morton and Miriam Joyce Haines. Not quite identical, but similar enough that it becomes a plot point.
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* [[Meganekko]]: Ann's younger sister, Barbara "Babs" Morton (played by Hitchcock's daughter Patricia).
* [[Mommy Issues]]: Bruno
* [[My God, You Are Serious]]: Guy's reaction when he learns about Bruno {{spoiler|killing his wife}}.
* [[Numerological Motif]]: The number two and the concepts of doubles and doppelgangers are both important in this movie.
** The theme of crosses and ''double'' crossing could fit under here as well.
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* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|Miriam's murder}} is accompanied by jaunty carousel music in the background.
** During {{spoiler|Mirian's murder}}, the music goes [[Numerological Motif|twice as fast]] as it does in the rest of the amusement park scenes.
* [[Strangers
* [[Villain Ball]]: Bruno all but outright tells Anne what he's going to do to {{spoiler|frame Guy}}, just to rub Guy's nose in it, even though it gives Guy a chance to stop him.
* [[Washington DC]]: Setting for most of the film. One memorable scene was done on location at the Jefferson Memorial.
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