''Straight from the Heart'' is a 2003 American

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romantic

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starring

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Patricia Kalember Patricia Kathryn Kalember (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress, best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig in the NBC drama series, ''Sisters'' (1991–1996). Kalember also had the leading roles in the number of televi ...

and

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. The film is based on the romance novel by

Pamela Wallace Pamela Wallace (born 1949 in Exeter, California) is an American screenwriter and author. She won an Oscar for co-writing the screenplay for the movie ''Witness''. Wallace has also written 25 romance novels, under her own name and the pseudonyms P ...

and premiered on

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on February 9, 2003.

Plot

Jordan Donovan (

), a photographer from New York City, is set up with Tyler Ross (

), a Wyoming rancher, after her boyfriend fails to commit. It is arranged by her closest friend in NYC, and his sister through want ads in a magazine. Jordan flies to Wyoming to meet Tyler, his sister Laurie and her fiancée. Although neither one is initially convinced (Tyler is initially put off by Jordan's city slicker attitude and she senses his hostility), they find themselves drawn to each other. Jordan is quite a skilled horse-rider, having frequently exercised other people's horses with her father in Upstate New York when she was young. His hostility is an anger at the world and lack of closure for his wife who died with his unborn child in childbirth. They bond through their shared love of horses and their passion for protecting the wild mustangs on and around his property.

Cast

as Jordan Donovan *

as Tyler Ross *

as Laurie Woods *

as Edward Morgan *

Christine Tucci Christine Tucci () is an American actress. Life and career Tucci, an Italian American, was born in Katonah, New York, the daughter of Joan ( née Tropiano), a retired secretary and writer, and Stanley Tucci, Sr., a retired high school art teache ...

as Carla Dimaggio *David Jean Thomas as Jesse Syms (as David Jean-Thomas) *J. Kenneth Campbell as Howard Jamison

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* * 2003 television films 2003 films 2003 romantic drama films American romantic drama films Hallmark Channel original films Films directed by David S. Cass Sr. American drama television films Larry Levinson Productions 2000s American films {{US-tv-film-stub