Based on a short story of the same name by Jack Finney. The story was first published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on August 1, 1959, and reprinted in the same magazine on January/February 1988.
This film received critical acclaim. In terms of ratings, it was also one of four original Hallmark presentations that finished in the Top 10 (ranking No. 9) among more than 200 TV films in 1998. The other three Hallmark films were What The Deaf Man Heard (No. 1), Ellen Foster (No. 4), and The Echo of Thunder (No. 5) .
Actor Campbell Scott comes from actor parents George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst.
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Elizabeth Whitcomb) is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow (TV's Combat!, Blackboard Jungle and Twilight Zone: The Movie). In 1982, on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie, he was accidentally decapitated by helicopter roter blades.
The Love Letter was directed by Dan Curtis. Creator of the daytime soap opera Dark Shadows (1966-1971).