Once You Meet a Stranger
- Strangers on a Train
by- Raymond Chandler
- Czenzi Ormonde
- Whitfield Cook
- Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
- Raymond Chandler
- Czenzi Ormonde
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- Jacqueline Bisset
- Theresa Russell
- Mimi Kennedy
- Celeste Holm
- Richard Doyle
- Michael Filerman Productions
- Warner Bros. Television
Once You Meet a Stranger is a 1996 American thriller television film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. It is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train, based on the 1950 novel by Patricia Highsmith. In the remake, the genders of the principal characters have been switched from male to female.[1] It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Theresa Russell, and premiered on CBS on September 25, 1996.[2]
Plot
A fading actress, Sheila, finds consolation in a stranger, Margo, during her train journey. Sheila tells Margo of her desire to divorce her husband, and in turn Margo shares her hatred for her domineering mother. They jokingly suggest performing a murder on each other's behalf. But all too soon the joke becomes reality.
Cast
- Jacqueline Bisset as Sheila Gaines
- Theresa Russell as Margo Anthony
- Mimi Kennedy as Connie
- Celeste Holm as Clara
- Richard Doyle as Mr. Anthony
- Robert Desiderio as Andy Stahl
- Kathryne Dora Brown as Skeptic
- Nick Mancuso as Aaron
See also
References
- ^ "Once You Meet a Stranger". Hallmark Channel (UK). Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ Scott, Tony (September 13, 1996). "Review: 'Once You Meet a Stranger'". Variety.
External links
- Once You Meet a Stranger at IMDb
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