The Scoundrel’s Wife / Home Front  

Released as The Scoundrel’s Wife in theaters nationwide, the film was retitled Home Front for DVD.

As young American men leave to fight during World War II, German P.O.W.s arrive to work in the Louisiana sugarcane fields. Night after night, explosions light up the sky as enemy U-boats just offshore torpedo American merchant ships. Against the real dangers and explosive paranoia of this besieged home front, a fisherman’s beautiful widow (Academy Award-winner TATUM O’NEAL) and a mysterious European doctor (JULIAN SANDS) somehow find love.

But even as they rescue casualties from the sinking ships, suspicions swirl around them while the rogue of a village priest (TIM CURRY) decides to quash their budding romance. When a Coast Guard Ensign (Band of Brothers’ EION BAILEY) is commanded to unmask anyone who might be helping the enemy submarines, his efforts pit him against the couple as he seduces the woman’s daughter (Mean Girls’ LACEY CHABERT) and forces the final confrontation that will unmask all their secrets.

35mm, 101 minutes.

Best Feature Film, San Diego Film Fest

“Smart and saucy… A delight… Under Pitre’s sure hand Scoundrel’s Wife is a terrific blend of textures, characters, and personal drama, all laced with down home humor and local color.”     Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter

“Awesome… Near perfect… Vivid and frightening”     filethirteen.com

“Faultless performances… Chillingly fine filmmaking.”     Patricia Gannon, The Times

“Full of intrigue and suspense… Tatum O’Neal is back!”    Rex Reed, New York Observer

“Incredible… Never a dull moment… I loved this movie!”     Fox TV 7, Austin

“Fascinating… Grabbed me from the get-go.”     Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune

“First rate… Richly evocative.”      Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Strong, unusual drama with lots of Cajun color, and all the better for it… a story never before told”     Bob Green, Honolulu Weekly

Heritage Entertainment, Advantage Partners Pictures, Circle In The Sky, & Cote Blanche Productions present a film by Glen Pitre. Tatum O’Neal, Julian Sands, and Tim Curry. The Scoundrel’s Wife. Eion Bailey, Rudolf Martin, Patrick McCullough, and Lacey Chabert. Casting Sharon Howard-Field. Score Ernest Troost. Costumes Astrid Brucker. Editor Peter Ellis. Production designer Kelly Curley. Director of photography Uta Briesewitz. Co-producer Michael Arata. Executive producers Michael Donaldson and Steven Stull. Written by Michelle Benoit & Glen Pitre. Produced by Peggy Rajski and Jerry Daigle. Directed by Glen Pitre.

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