Yönetmen : Alfred Hitchcock Oyuncular : Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Patricia Hitchcock, Norma Varden Senaryo : Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook, Patricia Highsmith Yapımcı : Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Keon

Babasından nefret eden bir adamla şans eseri trende karşılaşan ünlü bir tenisçinin trendeki macerasıyla başlayan filmde, trendeki şahıs tenisçinin hayatını gazete ve dergilerden bilmektedir ve karısıyla boşanmak istediğini okumuştur. Çapraz cinayet önerisinde bulunan yabancı, onun kendi babasını, kendisinin de onun karısını öldürmesini teklif eder. Trendeki yabancı bunu uygulamıştır fakat tenisçi yapmamıştır. Cinayete zorlanan tenisçinin hikayesi devam edecektir. Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the ‘bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.