The best scene in "She's No Angel" takes place at a diner where the kind proprietress gives a free meal and advice to young Liddy. Down on her luck and the victim of a recent assault, Liddy is told that if you make a wish and say it out loud, then it will come true.

Liddy has the greatest turnaround in her life that comes out of tragedy. When she is given a ride out of town by Sean Shawnessy and his new bride Catherine, Liddy is invited to try on Catherine's beautiful new wedding ring. But suddenly, Shawn takes his eyes of the road, and the vehicle tumbles down a ravine. The bodies of Shawn and Catherine are whisked away in the river, and Liddy survives the crash.

When Liddy awakes in the hospital, Shawn's angelic parents, Donald and Maureen, adopt her as a virtual daughter. Miraculously, Liddy starts a new life as a vintner at the family winery in Mission Vista. Shawn's best friend Jed falls hopelessly in love with Liddy. And then...everything begins to collapse when the nefarious creature Jackie returns to blackmail Liddy.

The filmmakers genuinely earned the "feel good" response Liddy as a modern Cinderella. One of the film's most fully realized characters was Maureen, who felt an overwhelming connection with Liddy because she believed that Liddy was a part of her late son's life and was carrying his child. Incredibly, Maureen's goodness did not even change when she learned the truth about Lucky Liddy. And also, Maureen can handle herself very well with a shotgun!

Doesn't anyone realize all these films are a remake of an old 1950 Barbara Stanwyck movie called "No Man of Her Own".

Pregnant Stanwyck is on a train running away from her low life boyfriend back in New York and is befriended by a young married couple also expecting a baby. They are both just out of the service on their way to meet her in-laws for the first time. On a visit to the ladies room Barb is given a chance to try on the fancy engagement ring when the train wreck happens.

In "She's No Angel" when the runaway was offered a chance to try on the ring I could see that the young newlyweds were doomed. Sure enough, within seconds they are dead. This movie is still running and I'm sure it will have some differences that will manifest themselves but if you have a chance, check out "No Man of Her Own", 1950, it's a very good movie in the film noir style.

This TV film captured my interest from the very beginning to the very end. Tracy Gold,(Liddy Carlyle),"Wanted",'99, played a young gal who was just plain down on her luck, having been raped and without any money or possessions. She does manage to get herself a breakfast for $1.75 and wound up getting it for nothing. She was also told that she should make a wish for better Luck! She managed to get a ride from a newly wed couple and then the story starts building into lots of suspense and mystery. Kevin Dobson(Donald Shawnessy),"Restraining Order",'99 has a winery and teaches her the business along with his wife, Dee Wallace Stone,(Maureen Shawnessy),"Dead Canaries",'03, who tries to be a mother and gives a great supporting role. If you can find this TV Film, it is definitely worth your while in viewing this very entertaining FILM.