Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies
Release: 1993-11-26
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 5.3
Drama
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?
Production Countries
New Zealand
Production Companies
James Wallace Productions
New Zealand Film Commission
NZ on Air
Avalon/NFU Studios
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Andrew Kovacevich
as Chorus #12
Peter Tait
as Chorus #16
Gordon Toi Hatfield
as Maori Warrior
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
as Dorothea Brook
Geeling Ng
as Su Lim
Maya Dalziel
as Chorus #4
Helen Steemson
as Gnits
Bridget Armstrong
as Mary Anne
Timothy Raby
as Mr. Weedle
Ian Hughes
as Chorus #8
Buzz Moller
as Chorus #14
Martyn Sanderson
as Maori Warrior
Lisa Chappell
as Anne Cooper
Michael Hurst
as Willam Poyser
Murray Keane
as Chorus #10
Cliff Curtis
as Fraser
Bruce Hopkins
as Chorus #8
Matthew Sunderland
as Chorus #15
Kevin Smith
as Lawrence Hayes