Desperate Remedies (1994)

Movie"Colonial romancing and complicating..."
Audience Score
57
Desperate Remedies
NR 1 hr 33 minApr 26th, 1994Drama
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?
StarringJennifer Ward-LealandKevin SmithLisa Chappell
DirectorsStewart MainPeter Wells
WritersPeter WellsStewart Main

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:James Wallace Productions, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Avalon/NFU Studios
Movie Tags:
period dramanew zealandbritish colonial