The Familiar Stranger

TV Movie
2001
Not Rated
1h 31m

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Margaret Colin and Jay O. Sanders in The Familiar Stranger (2001)

A woman discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.A woman discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.A woman discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.

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6.1/10

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When Elizabeth (Peachy) receives the letter from the Social Security Office there were two stamps on the envelope. 1st the Social Security wouldn't put stamps on an envelope. They would have metered it at the office. 2nd it was obvious the stamps weren't canceled.

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6/10

Lifetime movie starring Margaret Colin

Also known as "The Familiar Stranger."

Lifetimes type movie starring Margaret Colin.

A woman's husband commits suicide. Some years later, social Security wants $56,000 in survivor payments paid out to her children returned. That's because he's alive.

The wife soon learns he is living in another state under another name, and is very well liked and respected in his community. Needless to say, she is not too happy about this and is determined to find and confront him.

This is a very derivative story with some excellent acting. I saw Margaret Colin on stage - she has made several Lifetime movies, and I think she deserves better.