Desperate Remedies

Nov 26, 1993

1h 33m

★ 5.3

Colonial romancing and complicating...

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

James Wallace Productions

New Zealand Film Commission

NZ on Air

Avalon/NFU Studios

Desperate Remedies Trailers

Cast

Dorothea Brook

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Lawrence Hayes

Kevin Smith

Anne Cooper

Lisa Chappell

Fraser

Cliff Curtis

Willam Poyser

Michael Hurst

Gnits

Helen Steemson

Rose

Kiri Mills

Mary Anne

Bridget Armstrong

Mr. Weedle

Timothy Raby

Su Lim

Geeling Ng

Chorus #1

Kate Bartlett

Chorus #2

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