Character List for "Strangers on a Train"

The Strangers

Guy Daniel Haines—an up-and-coming architect traveling from New York to his childhood home of Metcalf, TX

Charles Anthony Bruno—spoiled alcoholic son of a wealthy businessman, traveling from New York to Santa Fe, NM, to meet his mother for a vacation

Characters from Guy’s World

Miriam (Joyce) Haines—Guy’s estranged wife, who finally seems to want a divorce

Owen Markman-a Houston longshoreman by whom Miriam has become pregnant; she has intimated to Guy that the reason she wants a divorce is to marry Markman, but the wrinkle is that he’s already married

Ralph Joyce—Miriam’s brother, who’s with her the night she’s murdered

Richard “Dick” Schuyler—Miriam’s date the night she’s murdered

Katherine “Katie” Smith—Ralph’s date, who’s with the group the night Miriam’s murdered

Anne Faulkner—Guy’s current girlfriend/fiancé/wife, the daughter of a well-to-do importer

Mr. Faulkner—Anne’s father, a well-to-do importer

Mrs. Faulkner—Anne’s mother

Helen Heyburn—Anne’s best friend

Christopher “Chris” Nelson—Anne’s former boyfriend

Myers—a New York architect with whom Guy shares an office

Clarence Brillhart—the manager of the Palmyra Club in Palm Beach, FL, who offers Guy a big architectural project

Mrs. McCausland—Guy’s landlady in New York

Peter Wriggs—Guy’s boyhood friend

Robert “Bob” Treacher—a friend of Guy’s from his Chicago days; Guy’s best man when he marries Anne

Characters from Charles’s World

Samuel “Sam” Bruno—Charles’s father, a wealthy businessman who seems frustrated by his son’s lack of ambition and alcoholism

Elsie Bruno—Charles’s mother, to whom he is devoted; she seems to prefer seeing other men and traveling to being with her husband, Sam

Alice Leffingwell—a friend of Elsie’s who provides the yacht and crew for Charles and Elsie’s vacation to Haiti

Arthur Gerard—a private investigator on retainer to Sam Bruno

Herbert—Sam Bruno’s butler