The Scoundrel's Wife

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The Scoundrel's Wife
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Directed by Glen Pitre
Written byGlen Pitre
Michelle Benoit
Produced byJerry Daigle
Peggy Rajski
Starring Tatum O'Neal
Julian Sands
Tim Curry
Cinematography Uta Briesewitz
Edited byPeter B. Ellis
Music byErnest Troost
Production
companies
Advantage Partners Pictures
Circle in the Sky Productions
Cote Blanche
Heritage Entertainment
Distributed byMiracle Entertainment
Release dates
  • March 9, 2002 (2002-03-09)(SXSW)
  • April 4, 2003 (2003-04-04)(United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Scoundrel's Wife (U.S. video title: The Home Front) is a 2002 romantic drama film directed by Glen Pitre, who co-wrote screenplay with Michelle Benoit, and starring by Tatum O'Neal, Julian Sands and Tim Curry.

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Plot

The Scoundrel's Wife tells the story of a woman suspected of being a saboteur, who struggling to raise two children in a small village during World War II. The film is a period drama which takes place in Louisiana at the beginning of U.S. entry into World War II. A certain military is looking for the Germans who are sinking America's ships off the coast and fishermen who are trading goods.

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