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The Substitute Wife is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Werner with Farrah Fawcett

The Substitute Wife (1994)

The Substitute Wife
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Length 1h32
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance,    Western
Rating63% 3.1976353.1976353.1976353.1976353.197635

The Substitute Wife is a 1994 television movie, starring Farrah Fawcett, along with Lea Thompson and Peter Weller.

Synopsis

In Nebraska, during the pioneer days, a woman who knows she's going to die (Thompson) gets a prostitute (Fawcett) to take her place with her husband (Weller). Her reason being, is if the family is left without a motherly figure, the family will lose their farm.

Actors

Farrah Fawcett

(Pearl)
Lea Thompson

(Amy Hightower)
Peter Weller

(Martin Hightower)
Gail Cronauer

(Isabel Donahue)
Lou Perryman

(Saloon Keeper)
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