While trying in vain to find this 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller streaming for free, I was diverted to an oddball Tubi offering called Stranger Story 2, a low-budget anthology of modern folks having chance meetings with a nosy hippie who ends up being Jesus Christ himself. Don’t let this happen to you! Part of Violet Crown’s bucket list of films to see before you die, this one really is an essential that is also an excellent rewatch. It’s based on the 1950 novel by the brilliantly twisted Patricia Highsmith, creator of the dastardly Tom Ripley, and involves a pair of strangers and a train. Well, I guess we can also tell you without spoiling too much that the strangers arrange to “trade murders.” Go see it to find out the rest! – Kat McNevins
