Mail Order Bride (2008 film)

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Mail Order Bride
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Written byTippi Dobrofsky
Neal H. Dobrofsky
Directed by Anne Wheeler
Starring Daphne Zuniga
Cameron Bancroft
Music by Michael Richard Plowman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerRandy Cheveldave
CinematographyDavid Pelletier
EditorJana Fritsch
Running time120 minutes
Production companyLarry Levinson Productions
Release
Original network Hallmark Channel
Original releaseNovember 8, 2008 (2008-11-08)

Mail Order Bride is a 2008 American Western television film on the Hallmark Channel. It premiered on November 8, 2008, and stars Daphne Zuniga. [1]

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Plot

Con-woman Diana McQueen [2] decides to skip out of town and leave her boss, Tom Rourke, behind. To avoid the conflict that would result by her quick disappearance, she switches places with a dying friend, who had planned on becoming a man's mail-order bride. Seeing that this is her only chance to escape, she takes on the role and lies to the unsuspecting frontiersman.

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Reception

Mail Order Bride ranked as the network's most-watched November non-holiday original movie ever. The movie scored a 2.2 household rating, delivered nearly 1.9 million homes, 2.5 million total viewers and 3.9 million unduplicated viewers. It also ranked as the second-highest-rated cable movie of the day and fourth-highest-rated movie of the week. This performance boosted Hallmark Channel to rank #2 in Prime Time for the day, and #10 for the week.

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References

  1. Moss, Marilyn (November 10, 2008). "TV Review: Mail Order Bride". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. "'Bride' actress breathes easier as filming ends". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 7, 2020.