Mail Order Bride (2008 film)
Mail Order Bride is a Hallmark Channel television film set in the time of the Old West. It premiered on November 8, 2008, and stars Daphne Zuniga.[1]
| Mail Order Bride | |
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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(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ira Pincus |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Larry Levinson Productions |
| Distributor | Hallmark Channel |
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| Original network | Hallmark Channel |
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Plot
Con-woman Diana McQueen 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.[2]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-01-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.hallmarkchannelpress.com/publish/pr/home/corporate/press_releases_1/press_release_1111080.html%5B%5D