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The Wrong Girl (film)

1999 television film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ3549505 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Wrong Girl is a 1999 television film directed by David Jackson. It stars Barbara Mandrell, Jonathan Scarfe and Zoe McLellan. The film debuted on NBC on January 4, 1999.

Premise

Steve Fisher (Jonathan Scarfe), a 21-year-old man who dropped out of college after making numerous wrong choices due to excessive partying, brings home his new girlfriend, Kelly Garner (Zoe McLellan). However, Steve's overprotective mother, Angela (Barbara Mandrell), is sure that something isn't right about her, which starts a fight with her son. Soon after, everything takes a deadly turn for the worse.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “The Wrong Girl (film)” as 1999 television film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1999. The account is most persuasive where Wrong, Girl and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1999 television film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3549505. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Wrong Girl (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.