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Love at Stake

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Love at Stake
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn C. Moffitt
Written byLanier Laney
Terry Sweeney
Produced byJohn Daly
Derek Gibson
Michael Gruskoff
Donald C. Klune
Michael I. Levy
StarringPatrick Cassidy
Kelly Preston
Bud Cort
David Graf
Stuart Pankin
Dave Thomas
Anne Ramsey
Barbara Carrera
CinematographyMark Irwin
Edited byDanford B. Greene
Music byCharles Fox
Production
company
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • August 1, 1987 (1987-08-01)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$61,789[1]

Love at Stake is a 1987 American comedy film, directed by John C. Moffitt, based on a screenplay by Lanier Laney and Terry Sweeney. It stars Patrick Cassidy and Kelly Preston, with Barbara Carrera, Bud Cort, Dave Thomas, and Stuart Pankin. Joyce Brothers makes a cameo appearance as herself.

The film is an obvious spoof of the infamous Salem witch trials, moving in the vein of anarchic comedy films like Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles and others by Monty Python and Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.

The film was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and was distributed by Tri-Star Pictures. Filming took place in Kleinburg, Ontario.

Plot

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In 1692, Miles Campbell, recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, arrives in Salem, Massachusetts to become the local parson's assistant. He meets with his childhood sweetheart, baker Sara Lee, and plans to marry her. Meanwhile, greedy Judge Samuel John arrives to meet with idiotic Mayor Upton to discuss plans for a (anachronistic) Mall for Salem. To acquire the necessary real estate they hatch a scheme to accuse certain villagers of witchcraft. When the accused are tried, convicted and burned, their land can be confiscated. The plan is succeeding, as the villagers, egged on by the parson's shrewish mother, enthusiastically accept the Judge's message. Then saucy Faith Stewart (secretly a real witch) arrives from London for Thanksgiving with her cousins. Faith falls for Miles and accuses Sara of witchcraft. Miles must prove Sara's innocence before she is burned at the stake.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Love at Stake".
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