| Love's Unfolding Dream | |
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| Genre | Christian drama |
| Directed by | Harvey Frost |
| Produced by | Brian Gordon Erik Oslon |
| Written by | Michael Landon Jr. Cindy Kelley Janette Oke |
| Starring | Erin Cottrell Scout Taylor-Compton Robert Pine Dale Midkiff Patrick Levis |
| Music by | Stephen Graziano |
| Editing by | Jennifer Jean Cacavas |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | Hallmark Channel |
| Release date | December 15, 2007 |
| Running time | 87 min |
| Preceded by | Love's Unending Legacy |
| Followed by | Love Takes Wing |
Love's Unfolding Dream is a Christian Drama and the sixth TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke and second to air in 2007. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel on December 15, 2007 and was produced for Hallmark by Larry Levinson Productions. It was directed by Harvey Frost. It is the sixth movie in an ongoing series that includes Love Comes Softly (2003), Love's Enduring Promise (2004), Love's Long Journey (2005), and Love's Abiding Joy (2006), Love's Unending Legacy (2007), Love Takes Wing (2009), and Love Finds a Home (2009)[1][2], as well as the 2011 prequels Love Begins, Love's Everlasting Courage, and Love's Christmas Journey.
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Belinda Tyler (Scout Taylor-Compton) wants to be a doctor, but women were not usually permitted careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda deeply wants a career as a doctor, and feels God has called her to be one. She learns to show her abilities while helping out a local doctor and caring for Mrs. Stafford-Smith (Nancy Linehan Charles),an elderly woman who recently had a stroke.
Belinda nurses her back to health and helps her regain the use of her right arm. Belinda meets the nephew of their deceased neighbor, Drew Simpson. Drew (Patrick Levis) comes to town to get his uncle's farm in shape to sell and then return to New York to join his father's law practice. He does not want to stay in this small, unsophisticated town.
But after meeting Belinda, he has second thoughts about staying. Belinda also feels something for Drew, but she is conflicted because she wants to become a doctor and then move back home so her loved ones can still get medical care from her. Even though most women of the time only married and had children, Belinda wants more.
She has a calling and a great mind for medicine. Determined that it won't work between her and Drew, Belinda plans to leave to study medicine in Boston, with financial help from Mrs. Stafford-Smith. But after hearing Belinda's grandfather share how he felt about his wife, Marty, and how he knew of his feelings for her, Drew realizes that he can't live without Belinda.
Just as Belinda boards the stage coach, Drew arrives telling her he loves her. He is willing to practice law in Boston while she is in school. They will move back to this small town together once she becomes a doctor, if that's what she wants.
He asks for her to marry him. Knowing she feels the same way for him, Belinda accepts and finally admits to Drew that she loves him too. She and Drew are married with her family and friends present before they move to Boston together.
| Actor | Role |
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| Erin Cottrell | Missie Tyler |
| Scout Taylor-Compton | Belinda LaHaye |
| Dale Midkiff | Clark Davis |
| Robert Pine | Dr. Micah Jackson |
| Victor Browne | Sheriff Zach T |
| Richard Herd | Windsor |
| Paul Ganus | Charles Kent |
| Lori Rom | Sadie Kent |
| J.C. Brandy | Caroline |
| John Prosky | George |
| Tahmus Rounds | Jonas Barnes |
| Timmy Deters | Caleb Kent |
| Nancy Linehan Charles | Virginia Stafford-Smith |
Timmy Deters was nominated in 2008 for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor
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