Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (TV Movie 2005)
52KJane Doe: The Wrong Face: Directed by Mark Griffiths. With Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, William R. Moses, Jessy Schram. 72 hours before an important case in court, the prosecuter’s wife is mysteriously kidnapped after plastic surgery. Jane gets 3 days to find her.
“In u0026quot;Jane Doe: The Wrong Face,u0026quot; prosecutor Phil Rafelsonu0026#39;s wife Caroline goes into the hospital for plastic surgery. When the bandages come off, itu0026#39;s not his wife, but a teenage girl who takes off. His wife has been kidnapped by a drug dealer who wants the charges dropped. Frank Darnell (Joe Penny) calls in housewife Kathy Davis (Lea Thompson).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe best thing about the u0026quot;Jane Doeu0026quot; series, or, in fact, any of the Hallmark shows, is that it gives one a chance to see some of the old mainstays of television again. Thompson is a pleasant actress; Joe Penny deserves better, but these days, we take him where we can get him. In this episode, former One Life to Live star Brynn Thayer plays a nurse, and, of course, Billy Moses is on hand as Kathyu0026#39;s husband. Also in this episode were Twin Peaks star Ray Wise and Crazy Like a Foxu0026#39;s John Rubinstein. So for us boomers, it was like old home week.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Jane Doe series is more interesting than Mystery Woman or McBride with its Scarecrow and Mrs. King type thing happening. Thompson, however, doesnu0026#39;t quite have Kate Jacksonu0026#39;s attack on the material, and the pace of these shows is on the slow side. Not much in the way of pizazz but okay mindless entertainment.”
