Heart of a Stranger (2002)
Overview
What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-aged concert violinist, is about to find out! After her surgery, Maddox starts chugging beers, blasting modern music and donning barely-there miniskirts. She is acting like the 22-year-old guy whose ticker she inherited. Even weirder — this is a true story!
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.865 |
Directed By
Dick Lowry
Crew
Tod Feuerman
Wendy Japhet
William Novak
Peter Cosco
Joan Taylor
Eric Van Haren Noman
Barbara Bloom
Claire Sylvia
Alan MacLeod
Paul Etherington
Keith Currie
Randy Boliver
Neil Mandelberg
Colleen Ryan
Fay Sullivan
Mary Reynolds
Damien Simon
Keith Murphy
Richard Fraser
Joe Melody
Martha Curry
Nancy MacInnis
Gilles Bélanger
Guy R. LeBlanc
Colleen Pace
Jim Rillie
Norma Richard
Karla Morash
Heidi Schiller
Ted Babcock
Elizabeth Kavanagh
Gary Sandover
Phillip Pineau
Robert L. Harman
Terri Fricon
Dean Okrand
Allan K. Rosen
Robert M. Sertner
Peter Sadowski
Dick Lowry
Frank von Zerneck
Jane Goldenring
Randy Sutter
Barbara Bloom
Patrick Williams
Wendy Japhet
Joan Taylor
TOP CAST
Jane Seymour
Jill Maddox
Maggie Lawson
Amanda Maddox
Donna Goodhand
Ruth LaSalle
Marvin Ishmael
Doctor
Kendra MacGillivray
Erin
Stacy Smith
Kathy LaSalle
Nigel Bennett
Stan
Toni Grossett
Young Amanda
Richard Donat
Phillip
Peter J. Campbell
Professor
Vince Corazza
Billy
Rhonda McLean
Nurse
Deborah Allen
Nurse
Jennifer Kydd
Waitress
Adam Wentzell
Matt
Mauralea Austin
Sara
Daniel Lillford
Roy
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