Geraldine's Fortune

A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show.

Cast

Jane Curtin

as Geraldine Liddle

Matt Frewer

as Cameron Geary

Peter MacNeill

as Henry Liddle

Sheila McCarthy

as Tina Larose

Patrick McKenna

as Louis Owen

Pascale Montpeti

as Diede Murphy

Jennifer Morehouse

as Greta Jones

Marina Orsini

as Cilla

Dylan Smith

as Josh Fisher

Mary Walsh

as Rose Owen

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