rating represent positive . direct by alfred hitchcock . tennis star guy haines ( farley granger ) meet the mysterious bruno anthony ( robert walker ) on a train . soon afterwards and guy find himself draw into the psychotic realm of bruno world . guy be separate from his wife and be now involve with a senator daughter . guy be interested in enter into politics after he retire from tennis . bruno want to kill his own father but doesn not want to do it himself . bruno propose that he dispose with guy wife and while guy part of the deal be to eliminate bruno father . guy dismiss this idea since he isn not interested in have his troublesome wife kill . bruno go ahead with his half of the proposal . while guy become the prime suspect of his wife murder . a law enforcement continue to investigate guy and bruno continue to torment guy and want him to complete the other half of the proposal . stranger on a train have one of the most exciting ending of all hitchcock movie .