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.
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Title: The Substitute Wife (TV Movie 1994)
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| Farrah Fawcett | ... | Pearl | |
| Lea Thompson | ... | Amy Hightower | |
| Peter Weller | ... | Martin Hightower | |
| Karis Paige Bryant | ... | Jessica (as Karis Bryant) | |
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Cory Lloyd | ... | Nathan |
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Colton Conklin | ... | Jack |
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Annie Suite | ... | Mrs. Van Der Meer |
| Babs George | ... | Mrs. Parker | |
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Gena Sleete | ... | Hattie Donahue |
| Gail Cronauer | ... | Isabel Donahue | |
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Lou Perryman | ... | Saloon Keeper |
| Jonathan Joss | ... | Black Deer | |
| Blue Deckert | ... | Royal Spencer | |
| Wally Welch | ... | Jake | |
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Guich Koock | ... | Mr. Van Der Meer |
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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.
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EnglishRelease Date:
23 May 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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!