Patricia Highsmith Strangers On A Train
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Strangers on a Train Craig Warner's adaptation of the novel by Patricia Highsmith When two young men meet on a train, there's nothing they fear to say. They'll never see each other again. Charles Bruno: Anton Lesser Guy Haines: Michael Sheen Anne Haines: Saskia Reeves Gerard: Bill Nighy Elsie Bruno: Jane Whittenshaw Alex: Denys Hawthorne With: Roger May; Stephen Critchlow; John Hartley; Andrew Branch Music: Craig Warner Director: Andy Jordan Thu 25th Jan 1996 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno are passengers on the same train. Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth-talker with a sadistic proposal: he’ll murder Haines’s wife if Haines will murder Bruno’s father. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy finds himself trapped in Highsmith’s perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, ordinary people are capable of extraordinary crimes. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith’s prolific career, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday life.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.