The Substitute Wife (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Peter Werner

Writer (WGA):

Stan Daniels (written by)

Release Date:

23 May 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Pioneer | Nebraska | 1860s | Frontier | Remarriage

Cast

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

Also Known As:

The Substitute (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Brazil:92 min | USA:92 min | Australia:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Frederick S. Pierce Company

A prostituted wife.

1869, at a farm in Nebraska. Amy Hightower (Lea Thompson) discovers that she is affected by an incurable illness. Wife and devoted mother, she decides to find a new woman for her husband, Martin (Peter Weller). Having finally persuaded her husband, Amy visits numerous widows, but always returns empty-handed. Frustrated, she eventually makes her proposition to prostitutes. One of them, Pearl ( Farrah Fawcett), accepts immediately...

Looking like "The Little House on the Prairie ", with a shot of vulgarity and a good dose of unlikeliness. On this insipid cream tart, a cherry: Farrah Fawcett!