Strangers on a Train (1951) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for some violence and tension
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Early in the film, it is evident that Guy is heading in the direction of an extramarital affair.
  • A man's homosexuality is subtly apparent (flamboyant attire, keen care of fingernails). He expresses romantic interest in another man. There is nothing explicit ever shown in the film.
  • The villain's attraction to the hero is implied to be homoerotic, but nothing overt is shown or mentioned due to censors. A man's wife is a philanderer who becomes pregnant by another man. (No sex is shown, it is all discussed in vague terms)

Violence & Gore

  • A large fight takes place where a carousel gets derailed, a man is shot by accident, and a man dies from the crash
  • A woman is stalked and then choked to death onscreen in a very sudden sequence. The murder is seen from behind a man's back, and reflected in a pair of eye glasses.
  • A man squeezes a woman's neck and nearly chokes her, thinking he is murdering someone else.
  • The main character is stalked obsessively by the villain.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Characters drink alcohol and smoke regularly,

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film's villain is very scary. He strangles a woman with his bare hands and pines for his own father's death. He stalks the main character with obsessive, mildly homoerotic overtones.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A carousel is destroyed in the film's most intense scene.

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