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A Simple Twist of Fate

PG-13

1994

106 minutes

FamilyComedyDrama

Overview

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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Top Cast

Steve Martin headshot

Steve Martin

Michael McCann

Gabriel Byrne headshot

Gabriel Byrne

John Newland

Laura Linney headshot

Laura Linney

Nancy Lambert Newland

Catherine O'Hara headshot

Catherine O'Hara

April Simon

Alana Austin headshot

Alana Austin

Mathilda McCann - Age 10

Stephen Baldwin headshot

Stephen Baldwin

Tanny Newland

Byron Jennings headshot

Byron Jennings

Keating

Michael Des Barres headshot

Michael Des Barres

Bryce

Tim Ware headshot

Tim Ware

Rob

David Dwyer headshot

David Dwyer

Joe the Bartender

Ed Grady headshot

Ed Grady

Judge Marcus

Amelia Campbell headshot

Amelia Campbell

Marsha Swanson

Carolyn McCormick headshot

Carolyn McCormick

Elaine McCann

Terry Loughlin headshot

Terry Loughlin

Cal

Leon Lamar headshot

Leon Lamar

Stablehand

Anne Heche headshot

Anne Heche

Tanny's Playmate (uncredited)

Alyssa Austin headshot

Alyssa Austin

Mathilda McCann - Age 5