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Synopsis: In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Psychopathic Bruno kills Guy's wife, then urges Guy to reciprocate by killing Bruno's father. Meanwhile, Guy is murder suspect number one.
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
PG
Year:
1951
101 min
1,034 Views


BRUNO:

(contritely)

There I go again. Too friendly. I

meet someone I' like and open my yap

too wide. I'm sorry...

At the appeal on Bruno's face, Guy slowly relents.

GUY:

That's all right. Forget it. I

guess I'm pretty jumpy.

Bruno smiles with and signals a waiter.

BRUNO:

There's a new cure for that.

(to waiter)

Scotch and plain water. A pair.

Double.

(to Guy with a chuckle)

Only kind of doubles I play.

GUY:

You'll have to drink both of them.

BRUNO:

(grinning)

And I can do it.

(moving in)

When's the wedding?

GUY:

What?

BRUNO:

The wedding. You and Anne Burton.

(a gesture of

explanation)

It was in the papers.

GUY:

It shouldn't have been. Unless

they've legalized bigamy overnight.

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BRUNO:

I have a theory about that. I'd

like to tell you about it some time.

But right now I suppose divorce Is

still the simplest operation.

The waiter has brought the drinks. Bruno slips the lighter

into hip pocket to free his hands for the bills which he

gives to the waiter, waving away the change. He offers a

glass to Guy. Guy takes it.

GUY:

(as if he needs it)

I guess I will.

BRUNO:

(happily)

This is wonderful -- having your

company all the way to New York.

GUY:

(forced to explain)

As a matter of fact, I'm not going

direct. I'm stopping off. At

Metcalf.

BRUNO:

Metcalf? What would anybody want to

go there for?

GUY:

It's my home town.

BRUNO:

Oh, I get it! A little talk with

your wife to about the divorce! I

suppose she was the girl next door.

Held her hand in high school and

before you knew it -- hooked!

(proud of his

perspicacity)

Am I right?

GUY:

(laconically)

Close enough.

BRUNO:

(raises his glass)

Well, here's luck, Guy. Drink up -then

we'll have some lunch sent to

my compartment.

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GUY:

Thanks very much. But I think I'll

go to the dining car.

(he hails a waiter

who is passing through

with a food-laden

tray)

Do you know if there are any vacant

seats in the dining car now?

WAITER:

Not for about twenty minutes I'm

afraid, Sir.

BRUNO:

(pleased)

See? You'll have to lunch with me.

(motions the waiter

back)

Say, waiter, bring me some lamb chops

and French fries and chocolate ice

cream, Compartment D, Car 121.

(turns to Guy)

What'll you have, Guy?

GUY:

Thanks just the same, but I really

don't think -

BRUNO:

Oh, go on and order.

The waiter is hovering impatiently. Guy gives in out of

embarrassment.

GUY:

Well, I'll Just have a hamburger and

a cup of coffee.

BRUNO:

(delighted, lifts his

glass in another

toast)

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Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression.  more…

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