Feature film — 1993
Desperate Remedies (1993)
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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A high-signal pick with 12 votes.
James Wallace Productions / New Zealand Film Commission / NZ on Air / Avalon/NFU Studios
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Director: Stewart Main
On screen
Cast & crew
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dorothea Brook
Kevin Smith
Lawrence Hayes
Lisa Chappell
Anne Cooper
Cliff Curtis
Fraser
Michael Hurst
Willam Poyser
Helen Steemson
Gnits
Kiri Mills
Rose
Bridget Armstrong
Mary Anne
Timothy Raby
Mr. Weedle
Geeling Ng
Su Lim
Kate Bartlett
Chorus #1
Johnny Bond
Chorus #2
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