96 minutes
9/25/1996
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.
Jacqueline Bisset
as Sheila Gaines
Nick Mancuso
as Aaron
Theresa Russell
as Margo Anthony
Art Bonilla
as Porter
Kathryne Dora Brown
as Skeptic
Celeste Holm
as Clara
Mimi Kennedy
as Connie
Richard Doyle
as Mr. Anthony
Robert Desiderio
as Andy Stahl
Matthew Carey
Anne Gee Byrd
as Judge Lea Cole
Peter Haskell
Sheila Kay
as Lolly
Mark Kiely
as Bartender
Hansford Rowe
as Mr. Anderson
Alexandra Smothers
as Foxy Lady
Nils Allen Stewart
as Hawker
Symba
as Foxy Friend
Gretchen Wyler
as Mrs. Anthony
Neil Vipond
as Mr. Cunningham
Jennie Vaughn
as Billie
Raymond D. Turner
as Helpful Cop