Part of the summer series Alfred Hitchcock Presents!
In Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife’s refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator’s daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Psychopathic Bruno kills Guy’s wife, then urges Guy to reciprocate by killing Bruno’s father. Meanwhile, Guy is murder suspect number one.
The upshot is a perfect Alfred Hitchcock thriller…with a ingenious plot taken from a Patricia Highsmith novel and a memorably seductive villain.
The Age
Given a good basis for a thriller in the Patricia Highsmith novel and a first-rate script, Hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping, palm-sweating piece of suspense.
Variety
| Series | |
| Genre |
CrimeDrama
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| Runtime | 101 minutes |
| Rated | PG |
| Directed By | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Starring | Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman |
| Language | English |
| Country |
USA
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