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The Hired Heart(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-10-13
53%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Garnet Hadley needed a boyfriend... So she hired one!
Overview:
A small-town, country doctor has been a widow for two years but is still in love with her dead husband, Michael. The week-long county fair is approaching and her father-in-law traps her into an unfair deal involving the feeding of her bull in return for her attendance at the fair with a suitable escort. She decides to call his bluff by hiring a male escort to attend the fair as her lover. However, things don't go quite according to plan as he smells a rat!
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
PhiliPiCo Company
Hearst Entertainment Productions
Movie: The Hired Heart
Top 10 Billed Cast
Penelope Ann Miller
Garnet Hadley
Brett Cullen
Bryan
Barry Corbin
Mike Hadley
Allison Hossack
Jenny
Graham Greene
Keith
Paul Jarrett
Ed Pullman
Daryl Shuttleworth
Jimmy Rawlinbow
Judith Buchan
Judy
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Overview
A small-town, country doctor has been a widow for two years but is still in love with her dead husband, Michael. The week-long county fair is approaching and her father-in-law traps her into an unfair deal involving the feeding of her bull in return for her attendance at the fair with a suitable escort. She decides to call his bluff by hiring a male escort to attend the fair as her lover. However, things don't go quite according to plan as he smells a rat!
Release Date
1997-10-13
Average
5.338
Rating:
2.7 startsTagline
Garnet Hadley needed a boyfriend... So she hired one!
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