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Once You Meet a Stranger
Once You Meet a Stranger
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Once You Meet a Stranger

1996
1h 36m
Thriller
TV Movie

Status

Released

Release

1996

Runtime

1h 36m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 36m
Sep 25, 1996
Languages
English
Director
Tommy Lee Wallace
Tommy Lee Wallace
Production
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television
Michael Filerman Productions
Michael Filerman Productions
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

22 Cast Members

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Sheila Gaines

Nick Mancuso

Nick Mancuso

Aaron

Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell

Margo Anthony

Art Bonilla

Art Bonilla

Porter

Kathryne Dora Brown

Kathryne Dora Brown

Skeptic

Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm

Clara

Mimi Kennedy

Mimi Kennedy

Connie

Richard Doyle

Richard Doyle

Mr. Anthony

Robert Desiderio

Robert Desiderio

Andy Stahl

Matthew Carey

Matthew Carey

Anne Gee Byrd

Anne Gee Byrd

Judge Lea Cole

Peter Haskell

Peter Haskell

Sheila Kay

Lolly

Mark Kiely

Mark Kiely

Bartender

Hansford Rowe

Mr. Anderson

Alexandra Smothers

Alexandra Smothers

Foxy Lady

Nils Allen Stewart

Nils Allen Stewart

Hawker

Symba

Symba

Foxy Friend

Gretchen Wyler

Gretchen Wyler

Mrs. Anthony

Neil Vipond

Mr. Cunningham

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