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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 on a Train]]''}}
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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 on a Train Plot Murder]], although there's a lot more to the story than [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|just that one trope]]. The 1987 comedy ''[[Throw Momma from the Train]]'' is part parody, part remake and part homage of this film.
''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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* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: Collins, the drunken mathematician on the train. It's his forgetfulness that kills Guy's alibi.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Bruno, at least until he shows his true colors.
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