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Once You Meet a Stranger

1996 · 1h 36m

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What is it about? Once You Meet a Stranger

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.

Genres: thriller, tv movie.

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Details Once You Meet a Stranger

Poster: Once You Meet a Stranger
First theatrical release
September 25, 1996
Release in the US
September 25, 1996
Country
United States
Original language
English
Studios
Warner Bros. Television, Michael Filerman Productions

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How long is Once You Meet a Stranger?

1h 36m (96 minutes).

Who’s in Once You Meet a Stranger?

Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Mancuso, Theresa Russell, Art Bonilla, Kathryne Dora Brown, Celeste Holm, Mimi Kennedy, Richard Doyle, Robert Desiderio, and Matthew Carey. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.

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