Underplayed Gems

Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

Mrs. Winterbourne poster
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Genre
crime film, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 225 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A pregnant woman is mistaken for a wealthy family's daughter-in-law after a train crash. She goes along with the mix-up and finds a new life and romance among them.

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What happens

Mrs. Winterbourne is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, and Brendan Fraser. It is loosely based on Cornell Woolrich's novel I Married a Dead Man, which had already been filmed in Hollywood as No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck, in Hindi as Kati Patang (1970) starring Asha Parekh, and in French as J'ai épousé une ombre (1983). The film was shot on location in and around Boston, Beverly Farms/Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Toronto, Ontario including Eaton Hall in King City, Ontario. It was the final production of A&M Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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