Once You Meet a Stranger

Overview

This television remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) follows the same story, but has changed the genders of the lead characters from male to female. Sheila Gaines is a former child star whose first husband is unwilling to give her a divorce. A chance meeting with Margo Anthony on a train leads to a conversation where the mentally unstable Margo, who hates her mother, suggests that they swap murders, so as to solve their problems. Although she thinks nothing of the conversation, Sheila's life takes a surprising turn when her husband is murdered by Margo. Now Margo wants Sheila to do her part of "the deal." With the police on her tail and Margo constantly in her face, Sheila must find a way out of this tangled web.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 25, 1996

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Warner Bros. Television,Michael Filerman Productions

Cast

Jacqueline Bisset,Nick Mancuso,Theresa Russell,Art Bonilla,Kathryne Dora Brown,Celeste Holm,Mimi Kennedy,Richard Doyle,Robert Desiderio,Matthew Careyand 12 more

Director

Tommy Lee Wallace

Writer

Whitfield Cook,Patricia Highsmith,Raymond Chandler,Czenzi Ormonde,Tommy Lee Wallace

Producer

Philip L. Parslow,Michael Filerman

Cinematography

Steven Poster

Music

Peter Manning Robinson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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