Once You Kiss a Stranger

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Once You Kiss a Stranger
Once You Kiss a Stranger poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Robert Sparr
Screenplay by Frank Tarloff
Norman Katkov
Based on Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
Produced byHarold A. Goldstein
Starring
CinematographyJacques R. Marquette
Edited by Marjorie Fowler
Music byJimmie Fagas
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • November 12, 1969 (1969-11-12)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Once You Kiss a Stranger is a 1969 American thriller film directed by Robert Sparr and written by Norman Katkov and Frank Tarloff. The film stars Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes, Philip Carey, Stephen McNally and Whit Bissell. The film is a loose remake of Strangers on a Train and was released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on November 12, 1969. [1]

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Plot

Jerry is a professional golfer. When a woman named Diana recognizes how much Jerry hates a rival player, Mike, she offers to commit murder if Jerry will do likewise for her.

The person she wants killed is Dr. Haggis, a psychiatrist who believes Diana to be dangerously disturbed and wants her institutionalized. Jerry doesn't take Diana seriously until she runs down Mike with a golf cart, then beats him to death with one of Jerry's clubs.

Threatening to give the murder weapon to the police, Diana insists that Jerry now get rid of the doctor. He doesn't know what to do, consulting estranged wife Lee while looking for a way out. The longer he delays doing Diana's murder, the angrier she gets, eventually attacking Lee.

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References

  1. "Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969) - Overview". TCM.com. 1969-11-12. Retrieved 2015-05-10.