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 made-for-TV movie

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 that premiered on May 5, 2007.

Plot summary

Callie (Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis is an American actress. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume , opposite Christian Slater...

), a workaholic magazine editor who prides herself on having no emotional attachments in her life, changes practically overnight when she undergoes a life-saving heart transplant operation. Not only does Callie find herself strangely drawn to a young girl who happens to be the heart donor’s orphan

Orphan

An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan...

ed daughter, but she also finds unlikely romance with another patient who also recently received a new heart. She soon discovers that the man, named Jasper (Peter Dobson

Peter Dobson

Peter Dobson is an American actor who has appeared in Drowning Mona, The Frighteners, The Poseidon Adventure, and the film adaptation of Last Exit to Brooklyn. He also had a cameo role in Forrest Gump as Elvis Presley. Peter also credits himself under alternate name Derek Hoyle...

), received the heart from her donor's husband.

Cast

• Samantha Mathis
  Samantha Mathis
  Samantha Mathis is an American actress. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume , opposite Christian Slater...
  
   as Callie Morgan
• Peter Dobson
  Peter Dobson
  Peter Dobson is an American actor who has appeared in Drowning Mona, The Frighteners, The Poseidon Adventure, and the film adaptation of Last Exit to Brooklyn. He also had a cameo role in Forrest Gump as Elvis Presley. Peter also credits himself under alternate name Derek Hoyle...
  
   as Jasper Cates
• Mary Matilyn Mouser
  Mary Matilyn Mouser
  Mary Matilyn Mouser is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lacey Fleming on the ABC series Body of Proof.-Life and career:...
  
   as Sarah 'Cricket' Cummings
• Gina Hecht
  Gina Hecht
  -Television:* 1979–1981: Mork & Mindy .... Jean DaVinci* 1979: Hizzonner .... Melanie* 1987: Everything's Relative .... Emily Cabot* 1988: HeartBeat .... Patty* 1989: Baywatch: "Panic at Malibu Pier" .... Gina Pomeroy...
  
   as Darlene
• Kevin Kilner
  Kevin Kilner
  Kevin Kilner is an American television and film actor.Kilner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Dorothea, a kindergarten teacher, and Edward Kilner, who worked in advertising sales and insurance. He made his first television appearance on an episode of The Cosby Show in 1989...
  
   as Doc Jackson
• Raynor Scheine
  Raynor Scheine
  Raynor Scheine is an American actor who has appeared in films for three decades dating back to 1979, including My Cousin Vinny and Fried Green Tomatoes. His name is a play on the phrase "rain or shine".-Broadway performances:...
  
   as Frank
• Amanda Carlin as Rose
• Thomas Kopache
  Thomas Kopache
  Thomas Kopache is an American actor.Kopache was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Dorothy E. . He is known as Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly in The West Wing and for various roles in the Star Trek franchise...
  
   as Duds (Callie's father)
• June Squibb as Aunt Cass
• William Morgan Sheppard as Fred Landreth (Cricket's grandfather)
• Garth McLean as Jasper's Brother-in-law

External links

• A Stranger's Heart at Hallmark Channel
  Hallmark Channel
  The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
  
  
• A Stranger's Heart at RHI Entertainment