Once You Meet a Stranger
Tommy Lee Wallace, 1996
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith, 1950
Once You Meet a Stranger is a movie directed by Tommy Lee Wallace in 1996 and based on the book Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, first published in 1950. The movie features Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Mancuso, Theresa Russell, Art Bonilla, Kathryne Dora Brown, Gregory Buckman, and others.
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Storyline
A fading actress, Sheila finds consolation in a stranger, Margo 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.
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Movie vs Book
Year
1996
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
4.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1950
Pages
281
Book Rate
7.56
S: Goodreads
Book
Strangers on a Train
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Country: USA
First published in: 1950
Length: 281 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Movie by Robert Sparr
Movie by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
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“A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking.”
ZAL BATMANGLIJ (Screenwriter)
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