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The Love Letter

A letter from the past would change their future forever.

1998★ 6.6 · 321h 38mRomanceFantasyTV Movie

Overview

20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

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Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Lizzie Whitcomb

Campbell Scott
as Scotty Corrigan

Daphne Ashbrook
as Debra Zabriskie

Gerrit Graham
as Warren Whitcomb

Kali Rocha
as Flossy Whitcomb

David Dukes
as Everett Reagle

Myra Carter
as Clarice Whitcomb

Estelle Parsons
as Beatrice Corrigan

Irma P. Hall
as Mae Mullen

Linda Powell
as Doctor

Cal Johnson
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Mark Joy
as Celebrity Author (Daniel Montana)

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Release date: 1998-02-01

Runtime: 1h 38m

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RomanceFantasyTV Movie

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