

While You Were Sleeping
1995-04-21 · 103 min · ★ 7.0
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
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Production details
- Directors
- Jon Turteltaub
- Production companies
- Caravan Pictures, Hollywood Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 17,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 182,100,000
Top Cast
Sandra BullockLucy Eleanor Moderatz
Bill PullmanJack Callaghan
Peter GallagherPeter Callaghan
Peter BoyleOx Callaghan
Jack WardenSaul Tuttle
Glynis JohnsElsie
Micole MercurioMidge Callaghan
Jason BernardJerry Wallace
Michael RispoliJoe Fusco Jr.
Ally WalkerAshley Bacon
Monica KeenaMary Callaghan
Ruth RudnickWanda
Marcia WrightCeleste
James KragDalton Clarke
Rick WorthyOrderly
Marc GrapeyIntern
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