00:00Strangers on a Train is such a great movie. Offscreen, Farley Granger got along well with
00:05Robert Walker, writing that he was a consummate professional, always on time and always creatively
00:11prepared. We became good friends during the course of the film, and it ended with us both promising
00:17to keep in touch. Granger saw Walker once more while Walker was shooting his next movie, but
00:22sadly, Walker died not long after Strangers on a Train opened to critical and commercial success.
00:29Strangers on a Train remained Granger's favourite film experience. He admired director Alfred
00:35Hitchcock, who had previously directed him in Rope, with Granger writing in his memoir that he
00:40loved Hitchcock's films, particularly Rebecca and Shadow of a Doubt. For some reason, the success of
00:47Strangers on a Train didn't turn Granger into a big movie star, but throughout his career he did work
00:53with several great directors, and next on TCM's celebration of his 100th birthday, we'll
00:59see a tense noir he starred in from 1949, directed by Anthony Mann.
01:06Next on TCM, side street, then the naked street, and later they live by night. There's far more
01:15Farley on TCM tonight.
