MRS. WINTERBOURNE

Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser,

Miguel Sandoval, Loren Dean, Susan Haskell

TriStar Pictures; Directed by Richard Benjamin

Rated PG-13; 104 minutes; 1996

A fast-paced Cinderella comedy of mistaken identity and unexpected love, MRS. WINTERBOURNE follows the misadventures of 18-year-old Connie Doyle (Ricki Lake). Seduced, impregnated and dumped by smooth-talking Steve DeCunzo (Loren Dean), Connie is mistaken for another pregnant woman after the train she’s riding derails. Despite her protests, Connie is believed to be Patricia Winterbourne, who had been on her way to meet her wealthy husband’s family for the first time. Connie soon finds herself in the Winterbourne mansion with grieving mother-in-law, Grace (Shirley MacLaine) and her ‘husband’s’ skeptical twin brother, Bill (Brendan Fraser). Connie is mistakenly accepted as one of the Winterbournes, all the while keeping her true identity a secret. For the first time in Connie’s life things are going well. Then Steve, the real father of Connie’s baby, reappears and threatens Connie’s new-found, hard-won happiness.