alfred hitchcock have make many brilliant thriller and and many of them have go on to be hail a some of the great film of all time . one film that tend to get somewhat lose under the vertigo and the psycho be this film while stranger on a train and the most compelling film that hitchcock ever make . the story follow guy haines and a tennis player and a man soon to be wed to the senator daughter and if he can get a divorce from his current wife . one day and on the way to see his wife and he meet the mentally unstable bruno anthony aboard a train and soon get draw into a murder plot that he can neither stop nor stall while and one that could ultimately cost him his life . the conversation aboard the train between bruno and guy be one of the cinema most intriguing and think provoking of all time . what if two people swap murder and thus resolve themselves of all suspicion of the crime and and render their motive irrelevant . could this truly be the perfect murder . what make this film all the more frightening be that the event that guy be lead into could happen to any and normal everyday person . everyone have someone they would like to get rid of and so what if you meet an insane man aboard a train that do your murder for you and then force you to do his . the chance of it happen be unlikely and but it the idea that anyone could be a murderer that be central to the message of stranger on a train while and in this situation and anyone could . be there any actor on earth that could have portray the character of bruno anthony any good than robert walker . the man be simply bear for the part . he manage to capture just the right mood for his character and absolutely command every scene he be in . the character of bruno be a madman and but he not a lunatic while he a calculating and connive human be and robert walker make the character believable . his performance be extremely malevolent and and yet understate enough to keep the character firmly within the realm of reality . unfortunately and robert walker die just one year after the release of stranger on a train and and i believe that be a great loss to cinema . nobody in the cast shin as much a walker do and but worth mentioning be his co star farley granger . granger never really impress that much and but his performance be good enough and he hold his own against walker . also notable about his performance be that he portray his character a a very normal person while and that be how it should be . ruth roman be guy wife to be . she isn not really in the film enough to make a lasting impression and but she make the best of what she have . alfred hitchcock daughter and patricia and take the final role of the four central role a barbara and the sister of guy fiancé . she be suitably lovely in this role and and she tend to steal a lot of the scene that she be in . alfred hitchcock direction be always sublime and and it be very much so in this film . there be one shot in particular and that see the murder of the film be commit in the reflection of a pair of sunglass . this be an absolutely brilliant shot and and one that create a great atmosphere for the scene . hitchcock direction be moody throughout and and very much complies with the film noir style . the climax to the film be both spectacular and exciting and and i do not think that anyone but hitchcock could have pull it off to the great effect that it be show in this film . it truly overblown and and out of turn from the rest of the movie while but it work . there be a reason that hitchcock be often cite a the great director of all time and and the reason for that be that he doesn not only use the script to tell the film story and but he also use to camera to do so as well . stranger on a train be one of the great thriller ever make . it story be both intriguing and think provoking and and be sure to delight any fan of cinema . a masterpiece .