Once You Meet a Stranger

1996 American film

Strangers on a Train
by
- Raymond Chandler
- Czenzi Ormonde
- Whitfield Cook
Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith

Teleplay by

Raymond Chandler
Czenzi Ormonde
Tommy Lee Wallace

Story byWhitfield CookDirected byTommy Lee WallaceStarring

Jacqueline Bisset
Theresa Russell
Mimi Kennedy
Celeste Holm
Richard Doyle

Music byPeter Manning RobinsonCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerMichael FilermanProducerPhil ParslowCinematographySteven PosterEditorPaul DixonRunning time96 minutesProduction companies

Michael Filerman Productions
Warner Bros. Television

Original releaseNetworkCBSReleaseSeptember 25, 1996 (1996-09-25)

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

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.