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6.3/10   210 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Stan Daniels (written by)
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Release Date:
23 May 1994 (USA) more
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In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Farrah Fawcett ... Pearl

Lea Thompson ... Amy Hightower

Peter Weller ... Martin Hightower
Karis Paige Bryant ... Jessica (as Karis Bryant)
Cory Lloyd ... Nathan
Colton Conklin ... Jack
Annie Suite ... Mrs. Van Der Meer
Babs George ... Mrs. Parker
Gena Sleete ... Hattie Donahue

Gail Cronauer ... Isabel Donahue
Lou Perryman ... Saloon Keeper
Jonathan Joss ... Black Deer

Blue Deckert ... Royal Spencer
Wally Welch ... Jake
Guich Koock ... Mr. Van Der Meer
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Also Known As:
The Substitute (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Brazil:92 min | USA:92 min | Australia:88 min
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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A Poor Man's 'Sarah, Plain And Tall", 16 August 2006
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

The reminded me of "Sarah, Plain And Tall" except with some sex (no nudity) and some questionable values. If you read a critic saying this film was "a good one for family values" disregard it because those idiots who have no clue what values are. "Family values" does not mean a married man sleeps with his wife AND another woman just because that woman was going to be his wife in the future after the current one died. Sorry if that sentence sounds confusing.

Peter Weller, Lea Thompson and Farrah Fawcett won't be confused with the Glenn Close-Christopher Walken couple in "Sarah" but overall this is still a nicely-photographed, slow- moving decent story of generally good people. It's enough to make it a comparison to "Sarah" trilogy, which is a compliment, even if it isn't quite as good.

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