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.
Acting
Russell's unhinged energy vs. Bisset's frozen panic.
Costume
Sheila's wealthy-widow-in-training wardrobe screams 'divorce settlement'.
Director
Tommy Lee Wallace
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This gender-swap remake arrived during the '90s TV movie boom, when networks endlessly recycled classic premises with cheaper production values.
Celeste Holm plays Clara, Margo's mother—the same actress who was in the original 1951 film's early scenes before being cut.
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