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Strangers on a Train

1951 • PG • 1h 41m • Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir • Warner Bros.

It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!

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Strangers on a Train Box Office

Domestic Total
$7M
Estimated final
Worldwide Total
$7M
$23K international
Budget$1.2M
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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
ScreenplayRaymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde
Based onthe novel by Patricia Highsmith
CinematographyRobert Burks
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byDimitri Tiomkin
StarringFarley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock
StudioWarner Bros. Pictures

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