The Love Letter

Plot Summary

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?

Top Cast

Campbell Scott Scotty Corrigan

Jennifer Jason Leigh Lizzie Whitcomb

David Dukes Everett Reagle

Estelle Parsons Beatrice Corrigan

Daphne Ashbrook Debra Zabriskie