Academy Awards, USA 1952
| Nominated Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Robert Burks |
Warner Bros.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)
Tennis pro Farley Granger is approached by stranger Robert Walker on a train. The conversation quickly turns personal, and Walker proposes an "exchange of murders" that would benefit both of them. Granger laughs it off, but Walker soon fulfills his end of the bargain and begins to demand that Granger do the same. Fearful of the police, Granger successfully avoids him for awhile, but not after Walker manages to work his way into his family friendships. The battle of wills comes to a head on a memorable carousel ride! Outlandish plot, even for Hitchcock, but pure entertainment. The murder scene, filmed as a reflection in the victim's eyeglasses, is one of Hitchcock's signature moments, and probably helped earn cinematographer Robert Burks his first of four Oscar nominations, three of which were on Hitchcock films.
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