Romantic comedy starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser. Broke, pregnant and dumped by her boyfriend, Connie Doyle finds her way onto a Boston-bound train. The train crashes but Connie survives, only to be mistaken for the new wife of a wealthy - and now deceased - Hugh Winterbourne. For the sake of her baby, Connie decides to go along with the charade, and soon finds herself in the company of the Winterbourne clan's formidable matriarch.
Former US daytime chat queen Ricki Lake takes on the Barbara Stanwyck role in this creditable remake of that three-hanky woman's picture, No Man of Her Own. As the pregnant runaway who is mistaken for the daughter-in-law of a wealthy Boston matriarch after being rescued from a train crash, Lake displays a gratifying candour that almost excuses her desperate deception. Moreover, in romancing suspicious twin Brendan Fraser and consoling the grieving Shirley MacLaine, she holds her own against her more experienced co-stars. Equally noteworthy are the nicely contrasting performances of Miguel Sandoval as the loyal Cuban chauffeur and Loren Dean as Lake's worthless boyfriend.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Grace Winterbourne | Shirley MacLaine |
| Connie Doyle | Ricki Lake |
| Bill Winterbourne / Hugh Winterbourne | Brendan Fraser |
| Paco | Miguel Sandoval |
| Steve DeCunzo | Loren Dean |
| Father Brian | Peter Gerety |
| Christine | Jane Krakowski |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Benjamin |
