Full credit to Patricia Highsmith for Robert Walker’s quid pro quo murder swap MacGuffin.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

Alfred Hitchcock

1951

Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock

Screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde; adapted from the novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Title: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

Year: 1951

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock

Writing: Screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde; adapted from the novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Genre tags: DRAMA, THRILLER, CRIME