Strangers On A Train (film) - Legacy

Legacy

Strangers on a Train was adapted for the radio program Lux Radio Theater on two occasions: on December 3, 1951 with Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, and Ray Milland and on April 12, 1954 with Virginia Mayo, Dana Andrews, and Robert Cummings.

The film has also been the inspiration for other film and television projects with similar themes of criss-cross murder, often treated comically. They include:

• Throw Momma from the Train, a 1987 comedy film.
• Soch, a 2002 Indian Bollywood film.
• Horrible Bosses, a 2011 comedy film.
• Muran, a 2011 Indian Tamil film.
• "Perfect Strangers", an episode of Due South, a CBS and CTV television program.
• "The Double Down", an episode of Castle, an ABC television program.
• "A Night at the Movies" and "Tell-Tale Hearts", episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a CBS television program.
• "Strangers on a Treadmill", an episode of Modern Family, an ABC television program.
• "NCIS episode "The Inside Man"
• In the season 6 Law & Order: Criminal Intent the episode Bedfellows, is briefly inspired in the movie.
• BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play broadcast on 29 September 2011 was Strangers on a Film by Stephen Wyatt, which gives an imagined account of a series of meetings between Hitchcock (Clive Swift) and Raymond Chandler (Patrick Stewart) as they unsuccessfully attempt to create the screenplay for Strangers on a Train.
• "Breaking the Girls", a 2012 thriller with lesbian main text. Directed by Jamie Babbit.