Movie
Desperate Remedies (1993)
Colonial romancing and complicating...
Drama
Story
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?
Director: Stewart Main, Peter Wells Starring: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis
Desperate Remedies 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
- Kiri Mills as Rose
- Bridget Armstrong as Mary Anne
- Timothy Raby as Mr. Weedle
- Geeling Ng as Su Lim
- Kate Bartlett as Chorus #1
- Johnny Bond as Chorus #2