Desperate Remedies

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?

Country:

New Zealand

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

93 minutes

Year:

1993

Director:

Stewart Main

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Company:

James Wallace Productions,

New Zealand Film Commission,

NZ on Air,

Avalon/NFU Studios

Cast:

Dorothea Brook

Lawrence Hayes

Anne Cooper

Fraser

Willam Poyser

Crew:

Director

Director

Writer

Writer

Associate Producer