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About
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Theatrical
Jun 30, 1951
Box Office
$7.0M
Budget
$1.2M
Return
5.8x
Theaters
1,428
Director
Writers
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Transatlantic Pictures
Keywords
perfect crime
detective
based on novel or book
infidelity
obsession
island
suspicion
carousel
theory
psychopath
lighter
film noir
stalking
black and white
train
strangulation
double cross
amusement park
husband wife estrangement
chance meeting
cocktail party
fiancée
perfect murder
penn station
storm drain
tennis match
tennis pro
trains
murder swap
suspenseful
Quotes
See all →Exploring Unconventional Paths
Taglines
It's off the beaten track!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Unpredictable Journey of Love
Taglines
You'll be in the grip of love's strangest trip!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →F
Farley Granger
Guy Haines
R
Ruth Roman
Anne Morton
R
Robert Walker
Bruno Antony
L
Leo G. Carroll
Senator Morton
P
Patricia Hitchcock
Barbara Morton
K
Kasey Rogers
Miriam Haines
M
Marion Lorne
Mrs. Antony
J
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Antony
H
Howard St. John
Captain Turley
J
John Brown
Prof. Collins
N
Norma Varden
Mrs. Cunningham
R
Robert Gist
Leslie Hennessey
B
Brooks Benedict
Tennis Umpire (uncredited)
J
John Doucette
Detective Hammond (uncredited)
H
Harry Hines
Man Under Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
A
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)
P
Paul McGuire
Train Passenger (uncredited)
O
Oliver Cross
Party Guest (uncredited)
T
Tom Ferrandini
Linesman (uncredited)
S
Stuart Hall
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
