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What I Did for Love
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What I Did for Love

2006-12-09 · 88 min · ★ 6.1

Drama · Romance · TV Movie

Call him a city slicker. Call him a tenderfoot. But don't call him a member of the family--yet. Rising L.A. lawyer James White is going home for the holidays with his fiancée, Sadie Ryder, to finally meet her family in rural Pine Gap. After blundering through a bad first impression, James attempts to win over Sadie's lawyer-loathing father Karl by pretending to be a horse-riding, hay-baling, game-hunting, seasoned square dancer. But a pair of worn jeans and a ten-gallon hat don't make a cowboy, and it's going to take more than mere posturing to charm Mr. Ryder... in fact, it just might take a miracle.

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Directors
Mark Griffiths
Production companies
RHI Entertainment, Larry Levinson Productions, MavroCine Pictures, Alpine Medien Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Jeremy LondonJeremy LondonJames White
Dorie BartonDorie BartonSadie Ryder
James GammonJames GammonKarl Ryder
Steve MonroeSteve MonroeJake Ryder
Chase HoytChase HoytZeb Ryder
Jonny AckerJonny AckerTravis Ryder
John LittlefieldJohn LittlefieldClint
Sally StruthersSally StruthersAunt Trudy
James LashlyJames LashlyBill
Bruce NozickBruce NozickLawyer #1
James EdsonJames EdsonLarry - BLM Guy #1
Rhino MichaelsRhino MichaelsHank
Rod McCaryRod McCaryTom
Damani RobertsDamani RobertsDanny
Jeanette O'ConnorJeanette O'ConnorLady #1
Bart McCarthyBart McCarthyMax
Judith DrakeJudith DrakeProprietor
Kathy RothenbergWoman #1
Paul HayesDon
Tracey McCallTracey McCallRomeo Darling (uncredited)

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