8.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.5
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes revolve around individual moral choice, the psychological burden of guilt, and the pursuit of justice, which are explored without explicit political commentary or ideological alignment.
The film features a cast that is traditional for its time, with no visible diversity or intentional recasting of roles. The narrative centers on psychological themes without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit diversity, equity, and inclusion elements.
Secondary
The film features Bruno Antony, a character often interpreted as queer-coded, whose obsessive desire for the protagonist drives the central conflict. This portrayal links non-normative desire with villainy, manipulation, and psychological terror, ultimately presenting it as a destructive force without positive counterbalance or critique.
Alfred Hitchcock's 'Strangers on a Train' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transsexual identity. The film's plot and character arcs are entirely unrelated to transgender experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1951 film "Strangers on a Train" is a direct adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel. All major characters, including Guy Haines and Bruno Antony, retain their established genders from the source material without any changes.
The film "Strangers on a Train" (1951) is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1950 novel. All major characters, as depicted in the source material and portrayed by the actors in the 1951 film, are consistently presented as white. There is no instance where a character established as one race is portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
7.7
Critic Ratings
9.8
8.8
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