Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Jan 12, 2006

1h 43m

★ 5.9

One man's dream, another man's destiny.

Overview

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Shoreline Entertainment

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Unclaimed Freight Productions

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School Trailers

Cast

Frank Keane

Robert Carlyle

Steve Mills

John Goodman

Meredith Morrison

Marisa Tomei

Marienne Hotchkiss

Mary Steenburgen

Young Steve Mills / Samson

Elden Henson

Randall Ipswitch

Donnie Wahlberg

Kip Kipling

Sean Astin

Rafael Horowitz

David Paymer

Blake Rische

Ernie Hudson

Lisa Gobar

Camryn Manheim

Gabe Difranco

Adam Arkin

Booth

Danny DeVito

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