Film
Desperate Remedies 1993
93 min TMDB 5.6 Drama
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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Cast
- Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Dorothea Brook
- Kevin Smith as Lawrence Hayes
- Lisa Chappell as Anne Cooper
- Cliff Curtis as Fraser
- Michael Hurst as Willam Poyser
- Helen Steemson as Gnits
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