# Hitchcock movie "Strangers on a Train" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491 "2000-07-22T22:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/1 "2000-07-22T22:26:19Z")
I never saw this movie–I was born the year before it came out and I don’t know offhand where it might be available on video. Anway, I have a question concerning a scene in the movie: A gunman invades an amusement park, and a wild shot kills the operator of a merry-go-round–who falls dead onto a control lever, sending the ride spinning at top speed and terrifying the riders. Another park attendant crawls under the rotating deck–inches away from the spinning base–and gets up inside the center, to slow or stop the ride. I was watching a TV special about Hitchcock in about 1980 (he was still alive then); just as the park attendant threw the switch/jerked the control lever, and the ride either slowed down or did whatever, the clip ended. What I would like to know is: Did the park attendant stop the ride safely? And was the gunman eventually caught, tried, and punished for this? Thanks very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/2 "2000-07-22T23:44:01Z")
What do you think happend to the killer? And if you haven’t seen the movie, I’m not going to give away what happened. Rent it and find out – it’ll be more worthwhile then getting an answer here. ---
**Author:** ![Jebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@Jebus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/3 "2000-07-22T23:47:34Z")
Just when I thought I’ve seen all the Hitchcocks…this post pops up. Now I have to rent this. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/4 "2000-07-23T00:32:18Z")
Just for some trivia, that scene where the guy is crawling under the merry-go-round is real. It was the most dangerous stunt in any Hitchcock movie. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/5 "2000-07-23T01:29:06Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the picture (which is good, go rent it!) but I remember thinking at the time: “Do merry-go-rounds have a “Dangerously Fast” setting?” Most peculiar! ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/6 "2000-07-23T05:09:58Z")
I’m with Realitychuck; this is the end of the movie. Check it out to find out. However, I must mention the eyeglass scene in this movie. It’s one of my favourite scenes in a Hitchcock movie. A person is grabbed and as they are grabbed their glasses fall off. Their murder is then reflected into the glasses and that’s what the audience sees. The joyful music from a carnival plays in the background. SO GOOD! This really is a superb movie, I suggest that if you haven’t seen it, check it out. I have rented it many times before and you should be able to buy it. This scene is worth it alone, but the entire movie is great. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/7 "2000-07-23T06:14:18Z")
I agree with the above. It’s a great visual ending and you really should see it. The movie is available in most video stores-definitely worth a look. You are bringing back memories-I actually wrote a paper on it in college-I know it frame by frame I think. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/8 "2000-08-17T00:35:32Z")
Heads up, **dougie** , AMC is showing _Strangers_ on Monday, Aug. 21st, at, well, 11:15 AM my time - I think that’d be 9:15 your time. (I hope you have cable!) ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/9 "2000-08-17T00:47:24Z")
I’m on a train? Whah…huh? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/10 "2000-08-17T02:25:05Z")
(soooooothing voice) It’s very simple, **Strainger** …you hate your wife…I mean, REALLY HATE your wife…I hate my father. My father is a bad man. A BAD man. You see? I kill your wife…you kill my father! Criss cross! No motive! Nothing for the police to go on! We understand each other, don’t we? We UNDERSTAND each other? ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/11 "2000-08-17T14:36:47Z")
(clueless Farley Granger voice and slight grin) Sure, **Uke** , we understand each other. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-movie-strangers-on-a-train/26491/12 "2000-08-17T14:42:11Z")
My favorite scene (you may want to turn away if you haven’t seen the movie): On the tennis court, where the whole group of spectators is turning their heads from left to right, left to right, left to right, watching the ball, watching the ball, watching the ball, except for…