Strangers on a Train (1951)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman

Synopsis:
A deranged playboy meets a tennis player and proposes an exchange of murders. At first it seems like a bad joke, but then the playboy goes through with it and expects the tennis player to hold up his end of the deal.

Impressions:
This isn't one of Hitchcock's better known films, but the quality is certainly no less. Robert Walker delivers a stellar performance as the creepy Bruno Antony. Hitchcock's own daughter Patricia is also pretty good as the love interest's somewhat morbid little sister. The only slow spot for me was the tennis match leading into the third act. I know what it was there for, but I don't find tennis all that compelling, even when it's a high-stakes game. This one is definitely worth seeing, so give it a watch.

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