Once You Kiss a Stranger

Once You Kiss a Stranger
Once You Kiss a Stranger
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Sparr
Screenplay by	Frank Tarloff; Norman Katkov
Based on	Strangers on a Train; by Patricia Highsmith
Produced by	Harold A. Goldstein
Starring	Paul Burke; Carol Lynley; Martha Hyer; Peter Lind Hayes; Philip Carey; Stephen McNally; Whit Bissell;
Cinematography	Jacques R. Marquette
Edited by	Marjorie Fowler
Music by	Jimmie Fagas
Production; company	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Distributed by	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date	November 12, 1969;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

Plot[edit]

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.