
The Love Letter
Feb 01 1998
•2h 38m
•Romance, Fantasy, TV Movie
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
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Campbell Scott
Scotty Corrigan

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lizzie Whitcomb

David Dukes
Everett Reagle

Estelle Parsons
Beatrice Corrigan
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