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.

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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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