The Inheritance (1997) (TV)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Bobby Roth

Writers (WGA):

Maria Nation (teleplay)
Louisa May Alcott (novel)

Release Date:

6 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

At the lush Evenswood estate in Concord, Massachusetts, Edith Adelon, a beautiful orphan, lives as the...

Plot Keywords:

Horse Race | Paid Companion | Estate | Cousin | Massachusetts

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Cari Shayne	...	Edith Adelon
Brigitta Dau	...	Amy Hamilton
Paul Anthony Stewart	...	Frederick Arlington
Brigid Brannagh	...	Ida Glenshaw
Michael Gallagher	...	Louis
Max Gail	...	Arliss Johnson
Thomas Gibson	...	James Percy
Tom Conti	...	Henry Hamilton
Meredith Baxter	...	Beatrice Hamilton
Alicia Bergman	...	Emma
Michelle Davison	...	Cook
Henry G. Sanders	...	Blacksmith (as Henry Sanders)
Paul Bartel	...	Doctor
Rob Nilsson	...	Minister

Also Known As:

Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Quotes:

Ida Glenshaw: James Percy, what a lovely name, but you must hear that absolutly all the time.

Delightful

Such a delightful sentimental wholesome period piece, with a really good cast. Cari Shayne does an excellent job with Louisa May Alcott's character, Edith Adelon, bringing to life the sweet, spirited, caring orphan girl taken in by the Hamilton family who grows up as a companion to their daughter Amy. Tom Conti as Henry Hamilton lends a caring fatherly figure to the movie, and Meredith Baxter as Beatrice Hamilton as always is wonderfully believable. Thomas Gibson as family friend James Percy is a gentleman to fall in love with, just as I did from watching him in the TV series "Dharma and Greg". I've seen "The Inheritance" twice now, and would watch it again and again. It's a classic in my book.