High Contrast Cinema begins its second year at the Allendale Centre with a classic from the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock.

 

An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, Strangers On A Train turns a chance meeting on a locomotive into a one-sided plan to 'swap' murders that swiftly spirals out of control.

 

Starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker, it's not one of the more recognisable titles in Hitchcock's filmography but it eminently displays his finely-honed skills in the thriller genre and offers an abundant supply of reasons why he is still considered to be one the greatest film directors ever.