Connie Doyle (Ricki Lake) is pregnant and homeless after a fight with her deadbeat boyfriend (Loren Dean). A train wreck and a case of mistaken identity leads her to the opulent Massachusetts mansion of the Winterbourne family, lead by the stately Grace (Shirley MacLaine). Thought to be the wife of their son, who was killed in the crash, Connie wins the love of the grieving mother as well as the heart of the deceased man's twin brother (Brendan Fraser). Actor Richard Benjamin directs a script based on the novel I MARRIED A DEAD MAN by Cornell Woolrich, which also inspired the 1950 Barbara Stanwyck vehicle NO MAN OF HER OWN.
Connie Doyle, a downtrodden, pregnant and abandoned young woman, sure could use a stroke of luck. Her big break occurs after a train wreck and a series of coincidences finds Connie in the hospital -- and at the center of a case of mistaken identity.
That's because the rich, snooty Winterbourne clan believes that Connie is the wife of young Hugh Winterbourne, who died in the crash. At first, Connie intends to straighten out the matter. However, she quickly realizes that continuing the charade will leave her and her infant son financially secure for the rest of their lives.
Can the down-to-earth Connie successfully play the role of being a snobby Winterbourne? To do so, she'll have to win over Hugh's brother Bill, who is highly suspicious of her true identity. And in the process, maybe they'll fall in love...
Released theatrically in the USA April 19, 1996.
Color by Technicolor; in SDDS Sound.
Additional credits: Elizabeth Scherberger (assistant director) and Adam Shully (unit production manager).
Excerpt: "If it weren't for this body, I'd live forever." -- Grace Winterbourne (SHIRLEY MacLAINE)
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Menus
Distributor Notes: This fast-paced comedy follows the story of eighteen-year-old Connie Doyle an expectant mother withno money and an uncertain future. In a screwball case of mistaken identity, a grieving Mrs. Winterbourne takes the girl to live with her in the stately Winterbourne mansion, believing she is the wifeof her deceased son.
Source Writer
Cornell Woolrich: Wrote short stories & novels, used by Hitchcock, Truffaut
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Review 1:
"...Lake is charming....The ending is, of course, happy..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.84 11/15/1996
Review 2:
"...The movie is charming....It is light and stylish and good-hearted..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.33 04/19/1996
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