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The Love Letter

The Love Letter

1998TV Movie⏱️ 1h 39mPG
FantasyRomance
7.2
IMDB Rating
2,664 votes

20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.

Director
Dan Curtis
Writers
Jack Finney, James S. Henerson
Stars
Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes
Release Date
February 1, 1998
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott
as Scott Corrigan
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Elizabeth Whitcomb
David Dukes
David Dukes
as Everett Reagle
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons
as Beatrice Corrigan
Daphne Ashbrook
Daphne Ashbrook
as Debra Zabriskie
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Myra Carter
as Clarice Whitcomb
Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Graham
as Warren Whitcomb
Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall
as Mae Mullen
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Richard Woods
as Jacob Campbell
Kali Rocha
Kali Rocha
as Flossy Whitcomb

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Production
Hallmark Entertainment, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

🏷️ Keywords

time travelseductionantique deskbicycle race accidentreciting poetry

🎯 Categories

FantasyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Top-notch Time Travel / Romantic Fantasy
by nicholas.rhodes2003-08-31

"Unknown in Europe, this movie was recommended by someone from the States and I certainly wasn't disappointed once I'd received the DVD and watched it! On a par with "Somewhere in Time" and similar in some respects to "A Message from Charity" which was one of the "New Twilight Zone" episodes, this film is beautifully made and a real pleasure to watch over and over again. In fact nowadays, many of these so-called "TV Movies" are actually better than those made for the cinema !! Plots in time-travel movies cannot of course be logical but this fi..."

💡 Did You Know?

Based on a short story of the same name by Jack Finney. The story was first published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on August 1, 1959, and reprinted in the same magazine on January/February 1988.

📖 Synopsis

20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.