Although her husband, "Dean Swanson" (William deVry) has cheated on her in the past, they have resolved their differences and "Kathy Swanson" (Yancy Butler) has found happiness in her marriage. The same cannot be said for her good friend "Sheryl" (Laura Soltis) who has just been asked for a divorce from her husband "James" (Bruce Boxleitner). Needless to say, both Kathy and her other good friend "Suzanne Debson" (Barbara Niven) reach out to Sheryl to extend their sympathies and lend their support during her time of emotional crisis. It's during this time that Kathy begins to suspect that Dean is cheating on her once again and needing to reach out to someone she goes to Sheryl's house to unwind. To her surprise, after several glasses of wine, Sheryl recommends that they each kill the other one's husband and Kathy-not realizing Sheryl is quite serious-laughingly agrees. Not long afterward, she is horrified to learn that Dean has indeed been murdered and that Sheryl is determined to have Kathy uphold her end of the supposed deal-or else an edited tape of their conversation will go to the police investigating the crime. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was obviously a remake of the Hitchcock classic "Strangers on a Train" and it suffers somewhat from the lack of originality along with the rather generic made-for-television format. On that note, the acting was adequate for the most part and, as far as remakes go, I suppose this one wasn't too bad and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of Double Cross
