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Contents 1 Location 2 Raymond Chandler 3 References 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Strangers on a train.png

[edit] Location

Isn't it located in the Washington DC area? is the tournament famous?

Some scenes are in or around DC, others are in New York. And of course some are on the train between the two.

The tournament is the US Open, referred to in the film as "Forest Hills," after the neighborhood in Queens where it was held at the time.

Squidd 14:04, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Raymond Chandler

Could anyone illuminate Chandler's role in this picture? The Raymond Chandler article says, rather tantalizingly: "Chandler also collaborated, somewhat disastrously, on the screenplay of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951)." But this article makes no mention of the disaster, nor does the Chandler article. Any takers? 69.113.93.125 03:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Apparently, Chandler complained that Hitchcock's visualisation of the film was so complete that he had little do but write dialogue.Jsteph 05:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Isn't the title of the parodic film 'Snakes on a Plane' a mockery, in part, of this film's title? --boiled_elephant 14:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. Snakes on a Plane was just a basic working title that described the plot. Since it wasn't meant to be the real title, it probably wouldn't have been a parody of anything Dancemotron 20:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Strangers on a train.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)