Sarah, Plain and Tall

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)

It took all of her courage to come and all of her love to stay

Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. John takes out an ad in a newspaper for a mail-order bride, to which the "plain and tall" Sarah Wheaton answers, soon traveling from Maine to Kansas to become John's wife. Despite the love that grows between Sarah and the family, Sarah finds herself homesick, and she must ultimately choose whether or not to stay.

Date of release
1991-02-03
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance, TV Movie
Director
Glenn Jordan
Collection
Sarah, Plain and Tall Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Sarah, Plain and Tall

Sarah, Plain and Tall is an American drama television film that premiered on CBS on February 3, 1991, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. It is directed and produced by Glenn Jordan from a teleplay by Patricia MacLachlan and Carol Sobieski, based on the book of the same name by MacLachlan. It stars Glenn Close, who also serves as an executive producer, and Christopher Walken. It tells the story of Sarah Wheaton, a Maine spinster who goes to Kansas in the early 1900s in response to widower Jacob Witting's newspaper advertisement seeking a wife.

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