Heart of a Stranger

Heart of a Stranger

2002•2h 0m•6.3/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(3)

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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Production

Fogwood Films, Von Zerneck Sertner Films, Lifetime

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour

Jill Maddox

Maggie Lawson

Maggie Lawson

Amanda Maddox

Donna Goodhand

Donna Goodhand

Ruth LaSalle

Marvin Ishmael

Marvin Ishmael

Doctor

Kendra MacGillivray

Erin

Stacy Smith

Stacy Smith

Kathy LaSalle

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Stan

Toni Grossett

Young Amanda

Richard Donat

Richard Donat

Phillip

Peter J. Campbell

Professor

Vince Corazza

Vince Corazza

Billy

Rhonda McLean

Nurse

Deborah Allen

Deborah Allen

Nurse

Jennifer Kydd

Jennifer Kydd

Waitress

Adam Wentzell

Matt

Mauralea Austin

Mauralea Austin

Sara

Daniel Lillford

Roy

Peter MacNeill

Peter MacNeill

Martha Irving

Martha Irving

Beth

Craig Eldridge

Craig Eldridge

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