Strangers on a train
(DVD)

DVD, Dolby Digital.

At head of title: Alfred Hitchcock's.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.

Special features: Disc 1: final release version with commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano, Patricia Highsmith biographer Andrew Wilson and several Hitchcock colleagues, Aficionados and family members, plus the suspense master himself in an interview excerpt; theatrical trailer; Disc 2: preview version uncovered in 1991 and theatrically issued in 1996; new making-of documentary Strangers on a Train: a Hitchock Classic, with Farley Granger, Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, film historian Richard Schiekel and other Hitchcock family members, colleagues and Aficionados recalling the making of a suspense landmark; 3 intriguing featurettes: The Hitchcocks on Hitch, Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V. and Strangers on a Train: an appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan; Alfred Hitchcock's historical meeting vintage newsreel.

Special features include: commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Patricia Highsmith, biographer Andrew Wilson, and others; excerpt from an interview with Alfred Hitchcock; theatrical trailer; Strangers on a train : a Hitchock classic (making-of documentary); The Hitchcocks on hitch (featurette); Strangers on a train : the victim's P.O.V. (featurette); Strangers on a train : an appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan (featurette); Alfred Hitchcock's historical meeting (vintage newsreel)

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

This film is about two strangers who accidentally meet and plan to trade murders. The screenplay of Patricia Highsmith's novel was adapted by Raymond Chandler.

MPAA rating: PG.

English or French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.