Once You Meet a Stranger

Once You Meet a Stranger
Written by	Patricia Highsmith Whitfield Cook Raymond Chandler Czenzi Ormonde Tommy Lee Wallace
Directed by	Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring	Jacqueline Bisset Theresa Russell Mimi Kennedy Celeste Holm Richard Doyle
Theme music composer	Peter Manning Robinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Cinematography	Steven Poster
Editor	Paul Dixon
Running time	96 min
Production company	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 25, 1996 (1996-09-25)

Once You Meet a Stranger is a 1996 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 classic film Strangers on a Train. In the remake the genders of the principal characters have been switched from male to female (Guy Haines became Sheila Gaines and Anthony Bruno became Margo Anthony).^[1] It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Theresa Russell and premiered on CBS on September 25, 1996.^[2]

Plot[]

A fading actress, Sheila (Bisset) finds consolation in a stranger, Margo (Russell) 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[]

External links[]

• Once You Meet a Stranger at IMDb

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