Mail Order Bride (2008 film)
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Written by | Tippi Dobrofsky Neal H. Dobrofsky |
Directed by | Anne Wheeler |
Starring | Daphne Zuniga Cameron Bancroft |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Producer | Ira Pincus |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Production company | Larry Levinson Productions |
Distributor | Hallmark Channel |
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Original network | Hallmark Channel |
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Mail Order Bride is a 2008 American Western television film on the Hallmark Channel. It premiered on November 8, 2008, and stars Daphne Zuniga.[1]
Plot[]
Con-woman Diana McQueen[2] decides to skip out of town and leave her boss, Tom Rourke, behind. To avoid the conflict that would result by her quick disappearance, she switches places with a dying friend, who had planned on becoming a man's mail-order bride. Seeing that this is her only chance to escape, she takes on the role and lies to the unsuspecting frontiersman.
Cast[]
- Daphne Zuniga as Diana McQueen
- Greg Evigan as Tom Rourke
- Cameron Bancroft as Beau Canfield
- Tom Heaton as Willy
- Katharine Isabelle as Jen
Reception[]
Mail Order Bride ranked as the network's most-watched November non-holiday original movie ever. The movie scored a 2.2 household rating, delivered nearly 1.9 million homes, 2.5 million total viewers and 3.9 million unduplicated viewers. It also ranked as the second-highest-rated cable movie of the day and fourth-highest-rated movie of the week. This performance boosted Hallmark Channel to rank #2 in Prime Time for the day, and #10 for the week.
References[]
- ^ Moss, Marilyn. "TV Review: Mail Order Bride". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ "'Bride' actress breathes easier as filming ends". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
External links[]
- 2008 television films
- American television films
- English-language films
- Films about weddings
- Hallmark Channel original films
- Western (genre) television films
- American television film stubs