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Desperate Remedies
Colonial romancing and complicating...
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?
- Original title
- Desperate Remedies
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,NZ
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dorothea Brook
Kevin Smith
Lawrence Hayes
Lisa Chappell
Anne Cooper
Cliff Curtis
Fraser
Michael Hurst
Willam Poyser
Helen Steemson
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Bridget Armstrong
Mary Anne
Timothy Raby
Mr. Weedle
Geeling Ng
Su Lim
Maya Dalziel
Chorus #4
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Ian Hughes
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Murray Keane
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