Strangers on a Train

A cracking Hitchcock thriller made all the better from an underlying current of creepiness. Two apparent strangers meet on a train and one suggests that they “swap murders” committing killings on each other’s behalf so that they both have watertight alibis for the deaths of the people they have a connection to, and a motive for killing. As is par for the course for Hitchcock the movie is full of innovative visuals. The one that stands out for me is of the crowd at a tennis match, where all the heads are moving from left to right watching the ball, expect for one, the villain watching the lead. Watch out for Hitch’s trademark cameo early on in the movie.