STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN-
Is really an excellent Hitchcock film, flawless performance, great suspense, and some very funny moments! Everyone turned in a great performance from Robert Walker as the gay psychotic Bruno Anthony to Farley Grainger as the charming Guy Haines, but to me it was Hitchcock's own daughter; Patrica as the nosey Barbara Morton is the one who stole the show!
With her funny lines like: I still think it would be wonderful to have a man love you so much he'd kill for you.
AND...
Senator Morton: Poor unfortunate girl.
Barbara Morton: She was a tramp.
Senator Morton: She was a human being. Let me remind you that even the most unworthy of us has a right to life and the pursuit of happiness.
Barbara Morton: From what I hear she pursued it in all directions.

Barbara Morton's character shares similar features as Guy Haines' evil ex-wife Mirim Haines, which is hilarious to me because Mirim is suppose to be the town slut...But can you imagine a tramp wearing coke bottle schoolmarm glasses and short plump figure?

Another wonderful minor character in the movie is Mrs. Anthony, Bruno's mother, played by Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara from TV's Bewitched), Lorne brought in the same bumbling goofy mannerism of Aunt Clara in this movie and joking with her crazy son Bruno saying stuff like, "Oh Bruno, I hope you're not serious about blowing up the White House...you naughty naughty boy.."

The best scene come in at the end of the movie, the out of control speeding merry-go-round! Man do I wish I could have witness that in real life! 50 or so kids riding on a merry-go-round at a 100 miles per hour until it explodes out of its foundation! Wow kids flying eveywhere and parents run screaming up to the mess...! DELICIOUS!!

Even without all the humor, "Strangers on a train" is an excellent thriller!