Love Comes Softly is a 2003 Christian drama television movie set in the 19th century, based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel in 2003. It was directed by Michael Landon Jr., and stars Katherine Heigl as a young woman named Marty Claridge. It is the first in a series of television movies made for Hallmark Channel based on the books and produced for Hallmark by Larry Levinson Productions. The rest of the films to follow are: Love's Enduring Promise , Love's Long Journey , Love's Abiding Joy , Love's Unending Legacy , Love's Unfolding Dream , and Love... Takes Wing , and Love Finds a Home , as well as two prequels, Love Begins, Love's Everlasting Courage , and Love's Christmas Journey . Marty Claridge has just moved out to the West with her husband Aaron Claridge , who dies shortly after. With no other options, she accepts the arrangement offered by widower Clark Davis , who offers to give her a place to stay for the winter and provides her with the fare for the wagon train heading back East in the spring.
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| Release date: | April 13, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Michael Landon Jr. |
| Runtime: | 88 Minutes |
| Producer: | Kyle A. Clark, Kevin Bocarde |
| Editor: | Colleen Halsey |
| Music by: | William Ashford, Dean Landon, Ken Thorne |
| Cinematography: | James W. Wrenn |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley |
| Genre: | Western |