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Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a train" / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
French
Εdition
Special ed.
Published/Created
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004], ©1951.
Description
2 videodiscs (204 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Availability
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Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage: Video Collection
DVD 883
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Subject(s)
Railroad travel
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Drama
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Murderers
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Drama
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Related name
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
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Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
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Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004
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Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022
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Granger, Farley
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Walker, Robert, 1918-1951
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Roman, Ruth, 1922-1999
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Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Feature films
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Related work(s)
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Strangers on a train.
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Summary note
This film is about two strangers who accidentally meet and plan to trade murders. The screenplay of Patricia Highsmith's novel was adapted by Raymond Chandler.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Special features: Disc 1: final release version with commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano, Patricia Highsmith biographer Andrew Wilson and several Hitchcock colleagues, Aficionados and family members, plus the suspense master himself in an interview excerpt; theatrical trailer; Disc 2: preview version uncovered in 1991 and theatrically issued in 1996; new making-of documentary Strangers on a Train: a Hitchock Classic, with Farley Granger, Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, film historian Richard Schiekel and other Hitchcock family members, colleagues and Aficionados recalling the making of a suspense landmark; 3 intriguing featurettes: The Hitchcocks on Hitch, Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V. and Strangers on a Train: an appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan; Alfred Hitchcock's historical meeting vintage newsreel.
Creation/Production credits
Director, Alfred Hitchcock.
Target audience
MPAA rating: PG.
System details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll.
Language note
English or French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Contents
Disc 1. Final release version.
Disc 2. Preview version.
Other title(s)
Strangers on a train
ISBN
0790789981
9780790789989
Publisher no.
31975
LCCN
56365706
OCLC
316892023
Universal Product Code
085393197520
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