The Love Letter
- Released on
- Runtime
- 98 mins
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?
Cast
- Campbell Scott
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- David Dukes
- Estelle Parsons
- Daphne Ashbrook
- Gerrit Graham
- Kali Rocha
- Laurie Kennedy
- Irma P. Hall
- Myra Carter
- Richard Woods
- Edgar Smith
- Cara Stoner
- George Gaffney
- Tom Riis Farrell
- Mark Joy
- Linda Powell
- Sandra Martin Hudgins
- Sam Wells
- Paul D'Elia
- Raymond H. Johnson
- Dick Cheatham
- Timothy J. Crowe
- Cal Johnson
- Michael Ruff
Director
- Dan Curtis
Producers
- Dan Curtis