plot summary
Strangers On A Train is about a successful architect, Guy Haines, heading to his hometown Texas from New York. On the train he meets a strange man name Charles Anthony Bruno who has an idea of exchanging murders after Guy sharing his story of a three year divorce with a woman who was impregnated by another man, and Bruno's father whom is very aggravating and abusive to Bruno. The idea is that Guy will murder Bruno's father and Bruno will murder Miriam, Guy's former ex wife, and the police will have no reason to suspect either of them. Guy did not take Bruno very seriously but instead laughed, but Bruno kills Guy's wife while he was away in Mexico. When Bruno informs of Guy the news, Guy threatens to turn Bruno in but then realizes that it will look even more suspicious of Guy planning the murder himself. As guilt grows inside of Guy, Bruno stalks Guy until he successively takes action of his part of the deal. Guy eventually kills Bruno's father. During a sailing event, Bruno falls overboard and drowns himself. Guy then turns himself in to a detective that was hired to investigate the crime, immediately.