A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)

About This Movie

A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 family and comedy film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. Its leading cast includes Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney. It runs for 1 hour 46 minutes.

Synopsis

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.

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Official Trailer

A Simple Twist of Fate - Hallmark Channel · plays from YouTube

Cast

• Steve Martin Michael McCann
• Gabriel Byrne John Newland
• Laura Linney Nancy Lambert Newland
• Catherine O'Hara April Simon
• Alana Austin Mathilda McCann - Age 10
• Stephen Baldwin Tanny Newland
• Byron Jennings Keating
• Michael Des Barres Bryce
• Tim Ware Rob
• David Dwyer Joe the Bartender
• E Ed Grady Judge Marcus
• Amelia Campbell Marsha Swanson
• Carolyn McCormick Elaine McCann
• Terry Loughlin Cal
• Leon Lamar Stablehand
• Anne Heche Tanny's Playmate (uncredited)
• A Alyssa Austin Mathilda McCann - Age 5
• Afemo Omilami Bailiff