Hitchcock adds a big dose of tennis, a maniacal carnival scene and a lobster tie to Patricia Highsmith's story in his classic 1951 adaptation of the novel.

(editor's note -- here are the show notes Jacob tried to get me to use: "Chekov's protestant, introduced during a previous film adaptation episode, returns and nearly derails noted Papist Alfred Hitchcock's attempt to conduct Strangers On A Train from the newsstand to big screen. Despite going round and round for multiple sets and nearly throttling each other in the process, the resulting film reflects the novel in chilling detail. Or does it?")

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