Friday, February 18, 2022

Hitchcock vs. Radio Part 13: Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

  • Lux Radio Theater (December 3, 1951): starring Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland, Ruth Roman (reprised her film role) and Patricia Hitchcock (reprised her film role).

Strangers on a Train is among Hitchcock's best and this adaptation is pretty good, although neither of the film's leads reprised their roles. Still, Frank Lovejoy could play a great psychopath, as he did here. It's a little disappointing that the murder scene wasn't dramatized - it would have made very good with radio with the sounds of the fairground.

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