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Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies

Colonial romancing and complicating...

1993•1h 33m•5.3/10
Drama

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5.3/10(11)

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

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Production

James Wallace Productions, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Avalon/NFU Studios

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Dorothea Brook

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

Lawrence Hayes

Lisa Chappell

Lisa Chappell

Anne Cooper

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

Fraser

Michael Hurst

Michael Hurst

Willam Poyser

Helen Steemson

Helen Steemson

Gnits

Kiri Mills

Rose

Bridget Armstrong

Bridget Armstrong

Mary Anne

Timothy Raby

Timothy Raby

Mr. Weedle

Geeling Ng

Geeling Ng

Su Lim

Kate Bartlett

Chorus #1

Johnny Bond

Chorus #2

Ann Coc-Kroft

Chorus #3

Maya Dalziel

Maya Dalziel

Chorus #4

Alison Du Fresne

Chorus #5

Tony Gallagher

Chorus #6

Richard Hanna

Chorus #7

Bruce Hopkins

Bruce Hopkins

Chorus #8

Ian Hughes

Ian Hughes

Chorus #8

Murray Keane

Murray Keane

Chorus #10

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