Alfred Hitchcock direct Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker in this thriller where a man with an inconvenient wife meets a right charmer on the train who offers to off his missus if he’d only return the favour.

Pretty much invented High Concept. What if two men swapped murders? Every Highsmith thriller I’ve seen or read is about a protagonist working very hard to never have to work. Protagonist?! Yeah… I said it. Who is watching this and rooting for Farley Granger’s tennis dweeb? Robert Walker’s Bruno is an absolute boy. Insidious smoking jacket sociopath. The finale with the out of control carousel is a rollicker. So many inventive shots. Only the dull goodies hold this back from Hitch perfection.

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Perfect Double Bill: Throw Momma From The Train (1987)

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