Mrs. Winterbourne


Mrs. Winterbourne is a 1996 American romantic comedydrama starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, and Brendan Fraser. It is loosely based on Cornell Woolrichs novel I Married a Dead Man, which has already been filmed in Hollywood as No Man of Her Own 1950 starring Barbara Stanwyck, and in Hindi as Kati Patang 1970 starring Asha Parekh. The film was shot on location in and around Toronto, Ontario including Eaton Hall in King City, Ontario. It was the final production of AampM Films.

Seeing the wrong name on the wristband on a child, Connie thinks the hospital has messed up until she sees the wedding band still on her finger. She tries to explain but is prevented from doing so by nurses, who believe she is just hysterical. She meets Hughs mother, Grace Shirley MacLaine, who has a bad heart. With nowhere else to go, Connie believes it is best for her and her baby to accept the offer to go to Graces home. Connie there meets Bill also played by Fraser, Hughs identical twin brother. When the initial shock wears off, she nervously begins her new life. This world is very different, and she finds it difficult to adjust.Bill, a bit wary of Connie, questions her identity, believing she is after the familys money. He investigates, learning her real identity. They walk around Boston and begin to bond. Bill prepares to expose Connie when he learns that Grace plans to change her will to include Connie and baby Hughie. He changes his mind when Connie becomes upset and begs Grace not to include her and Hughie in the will. Connies protests make Grace want to include them even more. A drunk Paco, the familys chauffeur, demands that Bill and Connie dance a tango. They do so and end up sharing several kisses. ........

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