27 Jun 1951
Strangers on a Train
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
Stranger on the Third Floor
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Top Billed Cast
Peter Lorre The Stranger
John McGuire Michael Ward
Margaret Tallichet Jane
Charles Waldron District Attorney
Elisha Cook Jr. Joe Briggs
Charles Halton Albert Meng
Ethel Griffies Mrs. Kane
Cliff Clark Martin
Oscar O'Shea The Judge
Alec Craig Briggs' Defense Attorney
Otto Hoffman Charles Evans
Bobby Barber Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
Lee Bonnell Reporter (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley Court Clerk (uncredited)
Lynton Brent Cabdriver at Nick's (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham Detective (uncredited)
Ray Cooke Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Robert Dudley Postman (uncredited)
William Edmunds Gardener (uncredited)
Jim Farley Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
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