Bruno Antony

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Bruno Antony is the charming yet psychopathic antagonist in Patricia Highsmith’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Strangers on a Train," who proposes a deadly crisscross murder scheme.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
adaptedFor film Strangers on a Train (1951) NERFINISHED
appearsIn Strangers on a Train NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmDirectedBy Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED
appearsInNovelBy Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme duality
moral ambiguity
murder
characterTrait charming
psychopathic
createdBy Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED
firstAppearance novel Strangers on a Train (1950) NERFINISHED
gender male
genre psychological thriller character
medium film
literature
methodOfMurderScheme exchange of murders between strangers
motive desire to have his father murdered
narrativeFunction villain
personality charismatic
manipulative
unstable
portrayedBy Robert Walker NERFINISHED
proposes crisscross murder scheme
proposesTo Guy Haines NERFINISHED
relationshipTo obsessive interest in Guy Haines
roleInWork antagonist in Strangers on a Train
setting United States of America
surface form: United States

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Strangers on a Train mainCharacter Bruno Antony
Robert Walker portrayedCharacter Bruno Antony