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Once You Meet a Stranger

Once You Meet a Stranger

IMDb 4.6·1996·1h 36m·movie·Thriller, TV Movie

Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Main cast
Jacqueline Bisset portrait

Jacqueline Bisset

Sheila Gaines

Nick Mancuso portrait

Nick Mancuso

Aaron

Theresa Russell portrait

Theresa Russell

Margo Anthony

Art Bonilla portrait

Art Bonilla

Porter

Kathryne Dora Brown portrait

Kathryne Dora Brown

Skeptic

Celeste Holm portrait

Celeste Holm

Clara

Mimi Kennedy portrait

Mimi Kennedy

Connie

Richard Doyle portrait

Richard Doyle

Mr. Anthony

Robert Desiderio portrait

Robert Desiderio

Andy Stahl

Matthew Carey portrait

Matthew Carey

Anne Gee Byrd portrait

Anne Gee Byrd

Judge Lea Cole

Peter Haskell portrait

Peter Haskell

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