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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


To the next Mrs. Haines.

Guy nods curtly.

DISSOLVE TO:

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INT. BRUNO'S COMPARTMENT ON TRAIN (PROCESS)

Bruno and Guy are finishing lunch. Bruno has been drinking

and his eyes are bright and feverish. An almost empty liquor

bottle is near a couple of detective novels covered with

gaudily Illustrated dust jackets. Bruno has in unlighted

cigarette in his mouth. Guy's lighter is on the table.

Bruno snaps it a couple of times, as though fascinated, lights

his cigarette and puts the lighter on the table again.

BRUNO:

Sure, I went to college. Three of

them. Every time they kicked me out

my father threw me back in.

(bitterly)

He finally gave up. He thinks I'm

awfully small fry, not worth the

bait.

(wistfully)

You my friend, Guy?

GUY:

Sure. I'm your friend, Bruno.

BRUNO:

(a little woozy)

No, you're not, nobody thinks I'm

anything special. Only my mother.

(empties the bottle

into his glass)

My father hates me.

Guy smiles this off as nonsense.

GUY:

You must be imagining things.

BRUNO:

(hitting the bottom

of the bottle for

the last drop)

And I hate him. He thinks I ought

to catch the eight-five bus every

morning, punch a timeclock and work

my way up selling paint or something.

Him -- with all his money!

GUY:

(amused by Bruno)

Well, what do you want to do?

BRUNO:

You mean before or after I kill him?

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GUY:

(chuckling)

Before, of course.

BRUNO:

(leaning forward

eagerly)

I want to do everything. I got a

theory you're supposed to do

everything before you die. Have you

ever driven a car, blindfolded, at a

hundred and fifty miles an hour?

GUY:

Not lately.

BRUNO:

I did. I flew in a jet plans too.

(his hand traces a

swift streak through

the air, and he adds

sound effects)

Zzzzzzzp! Man, that's a thrill!

Almost blow the sawdust out of my

head. I'm going to make a reservation

on the first rocket to the moon...

GUY:

(amused and curious)

What are you trying prove?

BRUNO:

I'm not like you, Guy. You're lucky.

You're smart. Marrying the boss's

daughter is a nice short cut to a

career, isn't it?

GUY:

(quickly)

Marrying the senator's daughter has

nothing to do with it. Can't a fellow

look past a tennis not without being

a goldbricker?

BRUNO:

Take it easy, boy. I'm your friend,

remember? I'd do anything for you.

GUY:

(humoring Bruno)

Sure, Bruno, sure.

(MORE)

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GUY (CONT'D)

(glancing at his watch)

We'll be pulling in soon. I've got

to change trains.

BRUNO:

What'd you say her name was -- your

wife's?

GUY:

Miriam.

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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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