logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

Desperate Remedies

11/26/1993

|

1hr 33min

|

Drama

Colonial romancing and complicating...

STORY

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?

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jennifer Ward-Lealand
  • Kevin Smith
  • Lisa Chappell
  • Cliff Curtis
  • Michael Hurst

    Directors

  • Stewart Main
  • Peter Wells

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • James Wallace Productions
  • New Zealand Film Commission
  • NZ on Air
  • Avalon/NFU Studios

    Production Countries

  • New Zealand

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    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

    Videos

    movies like Desperate Remedies

    Dixson

    Dixson

    Aviva

    Aviva

    The Devil Dared Me To

    The Devil Dared Me To

    The Moving Creatures

    The Moving Creatures

    Pluto at the Zoo

    Pluto at the Zoo

    Steel - Variations on a Theme

    Steel - Variations on a Theme

    Yevanavan

    Yevanavan

    Salve-Se Quem Puder - O Rally da Juventude

    Salve-Se Quem Puder - O Rally da Juventude

    Baukunst

    Baukunst

    Ensejo

    Ensejo

    Tokyo Solitude

    Tokyo Solitude

    Blood to the Head

    Blood to the Head

    Dark Tarot

    Dark Tarot

    Devilish Luck 2

    Devilish Luck 2

    Six Steps... to the World Record

    Six Steps... to the World Record

    Apart

    Apart

    Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm

    Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm

    Forgotten Faces

    Forgotten Faces

    The Golden Honeymoon

    The Golden Honeymoon

    Eine Liebe in Saigon

    Eine Liebe in Saigon