The Substitute Wife Movie Review 1994

Dying Nebraska frontier woman Amy Hightower (Thompson) decides to find her husband Martin (Weller) a new wife to help on the farm and look after their four children. But women are so scarce (and the farm is so isolated) that the only one willing to give it a try is prostitute Pearl (Fawcett), who's fed up with her profession but isn't exactly the motherly type (at least not at first). Amusing relationships develop between the two women and the bewildered husband. Made for TV.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Marriage, Death & the Afterlife, Oldest Profession, Period Piece: 19th Century, Family Ties

Screenplay

Stan Daniels

Cast

Farrah Fawcett, Lea Thompson, Peter Weller

Cinematography

Neil Roach

Director

Peter Werner

Music

Mark Snow