When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.
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| Directing | Gillies MacKinnon | Director |
| Writing | George Eliot | Novel |
| Writing | Steve Martin | Writer |
| Production | Ric Kidney | Producer |
| Production | Steve Martin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Karen Snow | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Cliff Eidelman | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Andrew Dunn | Cinematography |
| Editing | Humphrey Dixon | Editor |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | Andy Harris | Production Design |
| Art | Tim Galvin | Art Direction |
| Art | Maria Nay | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hope Hanafin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Ivey | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzanne Kontonickas | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Ponder-Patton | Makeup Department Head |