stranger on a train be one of those film classic i have always hear about but somehow never get around to actually see . i finally watch it a few week ago and and a always with any hitchcock movie and it not only stand up to the test of time and it far surpass most thriller be make today . you can see the inspiration for future action movie here the climactic end with the out of control merry go round and the two villain duel each other remind me of the big action sequence at the end of jan de bont speed . of course and stranger be over forty year old than speed and contain no modern special effect and but the visceral thrill be there hitchcock be a true genius . the not so subtle gay side of bruno ( robert walker in an amazing performance ) have take form in many other psycho stalker figure in future movie . consider him a male version of jennifer jason leigh in single white female . he know about guy before he even meet him on the train we almost get the feel their contact isn not incidental and be soon entirely obsess with him . hitchcock love the oedipial element in his movie ( also see psycho for more blatant undertone ) and there a lot of that here . bruno hat his father and want him to die so he can be with his mother . his effeminate way and obvious homosexuality must have just slip by the censor in 1951 and when gay be not allow to be portray on the screen yet hitchcock get the message through effectively when we see bruno in the lounge on the telephone wear a very non masculine robe and flirt with guy and respond to his mother . the deep layer of this movie make it a fast paced thriller than you can return to again and again unfortunately it be remake a a big budget hollywood production and but after see the original i honestly can not imagine anything surpass the sheer white knuckle thrill of this movie .