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Desperate Remedies
Dir. Stewart Main
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Desperate Remedies
“Colonial romancing and complicating...”
Drama
Director
Stewart Main
Screenplay
Peter Wells, Stewart Main
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?
Release
Nov 26, 1993
Budget
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Revenue
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Country
New Zealand
Cast
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dorothea Brook
Kevin Smith
Lawrence Hayes
Lisa Chappell
Anne Cooper
Cliff Curtis
Fraser
Michael Hurst
Willam Poyser
Helen Steemson
Gnits
Bridget Armstrong
Mary Anne
Timothy Raby
Mr. Weedle
Geeling Ng
Su Lim
Maya Dalziel
Chorus #4
Bruce Hopkins
Chorus #8
Ian Hughes
Chorus #8
Murray Keane
Chorus #10
Andrew Kovacevich
Chorus #12
Buzz Moller
Chorus #14
Matthew Sunderland
Chorus #15
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