Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, and Brendan Fraser. It is loosely based on Cornell Woolrich's novel I Married a Dead Man, which had already been filmed in Hollywood as No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck, in Hindi as Kati Patang (1970) starring Asha Parekh, and in French as J'ai épousé une ombre (1983). The film was shot on location in and around Boston, Beverly Farms/Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Toronto, Ontario including Eaton Hall in King City, Ontario.^[1] It was the final production of A&M Films.

On her 18th birthday, Connie Doyle meets lowlife Steve DeCunzo. She moves in with him and winds up pregnant. He kicks her out when she won't abort the baby. Months later, a destitute Connie gets inadvertently swept aboard a train at Grand Central Terminal. With no ticket and no money, she is rescued by Hugh Winterbourne, who takes her to his private compartment. She meets his wife, Patricia, who is also pregnant. Patricia and Connie bond, and Patricia shows Connie her wedding band, which has the couple's names engraved on the inside. Patricia encourages Connie to try the ring on. The train soon crashes.

Eight days later, Connie wakes up in the hospital to discover that she has given birth to a boy. She was found in the Winterbournes’ sleeper car wearing the wedding band and has been mistaken for Patricia. She also learns "the other pregnant woman on the train" (Patricia, mistaken for Connie) and Hugh died in the crash. Hugh's mother, Grace, who has a bad heart, had never met Patricia, and assumes Connie is her. Grace calls asking Connie to come to the Winterbourne estate. With nowhere else to go, Connie accepts the offer and is driven there by Paco, the chauffeur. There, she meets Bill, Hugh's identical twin brother. When the shock of seeing the twin of the man she is claiming as her deceased husband wears off, she nervously begins her new life. She names her son Hughie, after his supposed father.

Meanwhile, the police tell Steve that Connie and his unborn baby have died. Steve doesn't seem to care, which disturbs his new girlfriend.

Bill questions Connie closely, suspicious of inconsistencies in her story. Annoyed, Grace forces Connie on Bill one day, and they walk around Boston and begin to bond. During the day, Connie accidentally signs her real name, which Bill notices. He investigates, learning her real identity. Bill prepares to expose Connie when he learns that Grace plans to change her will to include Connie and baby Hughie. However, he changes his mind when Connie begs Grace not to include her and Hughie in the will, proving to him that she is not after the family's money. Bill and Connie are called to help a drunk Paco, heart-broken from a failed romance, to his bed. He demands that Bill and Connie dance a tango before he will fall asleep. They do so and share several kisses.

Connie receives an anonymous letter asking "Who are you? And whose baby is that?" She has been feeling guilty for taking advantage of Grace's kindness but worries that any revelation of the truth would endanger Grace's life. Connie decides to leave with Hughie and is found packing by Bill. He tries to convince her to stay, proposing to her. Connie decides to run away anyway. Paco follows her to the train station, tells her about his own shady past, and makes her realize that she and the baby are as valuable to Grace as Grace is to them. Connie returns home to find that Grace has had a heart attack because of her disappearance. She and Grace talk about Bill's proposal, and Grace tells Connie to never take the baby away again. Connie decides to accept the situation and agrees to marry Bill as Patricia Winterbourne.

Steve vio una foto publicitaria de Connie como Patricia y le envió la carta. La chantajea para que se reúna con él, o irá a ver a Grace. Grace, al ver la angustia de Connie desde lejos, envía a Paco tras Steve cuando este se va para descubrir su identidad. En el motel de Steve, Connie le extiende un cheque para que la deje en paz a ella y al bebé, pero Steve solo lo quiere para obligarla a participar en un plan aún peor: fingir el secuestro de Hughie y pedir un rescate por él. Connie regresa a la mansión y roba una pistola de una vitrina, luego vuelve al motel para asustar a Steve y obligarlo a devolver el cheque incriminatorio. Al principio no se da cuenta de que Steve ya está muerto, y la pistola se dispara accidentalmente cuando lo descubre. Bill entra corriendo al oír el eco del disparo, y tanto Bill como Connie niegan haber causado la muerte de Steve. Connie comienza a contarle a Bill la mentira que ha estado viviendo, pero Bill revela que ya conoce la verdadera identidad de Connie y que, aun así, la ama.

Al día siguiente, el día de su boda, el sacerdote les dice a Bill y Connie que Grace está afuera de la iglesia, confesando el asesinato de Steve al teniente de policía que vino preguntando por Patricia Winterbourne. Corren al lado de Grace y cada uno confiesa el asesinato, intentando proteger a los demás.

Los policías les dicen que ya tienen al asesino bajo custodia: la mujer con la que Steve empezó a salir después de dejar a Connie. Al igual que Connie, ella se había quedado embarazada y Steve la había abandonado.

Connie le confiesa a Grace la verdad sobre la paternidad de Hughie, y Grace le dice que aun así los aceptará. La boda se celebra y Bill le entrega a Connie un anillo de bodas con la inscripción "Bill & Connie" grabada en el interior.

La película "Mrs. Winterbourne" recibió críticas generalmente negativas; en Rotten Tomatoes , tiene una calificación del 15% de "Podrida" basada en 33 reseñas (5 reseñas "frescas", 28 "podridas"). ^{[ 3 ]} El público encuestado por CinemaScore le dio a la película una calificación promedio de "B" en una escala de A+ a F. ^{[ 4 ]} También fue un fracaso de taquilla, recaudando solo $10,082,005 ^{[ 5 ]} con un presupuesto de $25 millones.

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