CHERYL LADD AND BRUCE BOXLEITNER STAR IN SECOND NEW PREQUEL INSPIRED BY JANETTE OKE'S BELOVED BOOK SERIES, "LOVE'S EVERLASTING COURAGE," A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE, OCTOBER 1

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Cheryl Ladd ("Las Vegas"), Bruce Boxleitner ("TRON: Legacy"), Wes Brown ("True Blood") and Julie Mond ("General Hospital") star as a frontier family beset by sudden tragedy in "Love's Everlasting Courage," the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, Saturday, October 1 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C). "Love's Everlasting Courage" is the second prequel inspired by prolific Christian author Janette Oke's inspirational Love Comes Softly books, and in particular, Oke's lead character Clark Davis. The additional film brings Hallmark Channel's highly rated and most successful movie series ever.

Clark Davis (Brown) struggles to maintain his land and support his family during a long drought. With a bank loan to repay, his wife, Ellen (Mond), takes a job in town as a seamstress, but soon becomes ill with scarlet fever and passes away. Devasted to lose his beloved wife, Clark and his young daughter Missie (Morgan Lily, "2012") turn to his parents Irene (Ladd) and Lloyd (Boxleitner) for support. As Clark struggles mount with the threat of losing his home and the sudden loss of his wife, he considers sending Missie to live with his parents. But when Missie runs away after accidentally setting the house on fire, Clark faces the possibility of losing the person he loves most.

"Love's Everlasting Courage" is an MNG Films Ireland Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions. Larry Levinson is the executive producer. Randy Pope and Mary Callery are the co-executive producers and Erik Heiberg and Lincoln Lageson are the producers. Bradford May directed from a script by Kevin Bocarde.

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