Having to make a cameo and show his face in every other movie or movie poster that he produces, this is obviously an Alfred Hitchcock movie poster. The movie that the poster is for specifically is Strangers On a Train and from the word play that Hitchcock suggests in placement of the ‘L’ between the ‘g’ and ‘e’ in ‘Strangers’ and the intimidating leather gloves it should be quite apparent what these strangers are about. The typography of the movie title is organized in a narrow slanting pattern like that of a train. Other suggestions towards trains can be seen in the steel blue rectangle at the bottom and even train shaped typography at the top because it is italicized and slanted like the front of most trains.
The purpose of this poster is to get people interested in Strangers on a Train. Alfred Hitchcock was a cinematographic genius, famous for his cameos and suspenseful thrillers, so the public had good reason for wanting to see his face and they didn’t have to be too imaginative to understand what the art on this poster meant.
The three actors in bold print at the bottom were mostly likely something to get excited about as well, since Ruth Roman and Robert Walker were in many dramas at the time and Farley Granger was in many good movies.This is a piece of Swiss graphic Design with it's bold colors. Angles convey atmospheric perspective and space, which was a motif to this type of design.
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