Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies (1993)

Colonial romancing and complicating...

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1993-11-26
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Production Company: James Wallace Productions
  • Production Country: New Zealand
  • Directors: Stewart Main, Peter Wells.
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Summary

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?

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  • Jennifer Ward-Lealand

    as Dorothea Brook
  • Kevin Smith

    as Lawrence Hayes
  • Lisa Chappell

    as Anne Cooper
  • Cliff Curtis

    as Fraser
  • Michael Hurst

    as Willam Poyser
  • Helen Steemson

    as Gnits
  • Kiri Mills

    as Rose
  • Bridget Armstrong

    as Mary Anne
  • Timothy Raby

    as Mr. Weedle
  • Geeling Ng

    as Su Lim
  • Kate Bartlett

    as Chorus #1
  • Johnny Bond

    as Chorus #2
  • Ann Coc-Kroft

    as Chorus #3
  • Maya Dalziel

    as Chorus #4
  • Alison Du Fresne

    as Chorus #5
  • Tony Gallagher

    as Chorus #6
  • Richard Hanna

    as Chorus #7
  • Bruce Hopkins

    as Chorus #8
  • Ian Hughes

    as Chorus #8
  • Murray Keane

    as Chorus #10
  • Irene Malone

    as Chorus #11
  • Andrew Kovacevich

    as Chorus #12
  • Pete Mason

    as Chorus #13
  • Buzz Moller

    as Chorus #14
  • Matthew Sunderland

    as Chorus #15
  • Peter Tait

    as Chorus #16
  • Annaliese Patten-Williams

    as Chorus #17
  • Dorothy Piripi

    as Maori Warrior
  • Sam Williams

    as Maori Warrior
  • Gordon Toi Hatfield

    as Maori Warrior
  • Michael Kem

    as Maori Warrior
  • Thomas Tina

    as Maori Warrior
  • Jack Chong

    as Maori Warrior
  • Amon Nikora

    as Maori Warrior
  • Dan Fantl

    as Maori Warrior
  • Lauren Morcom

    as Maori Warrior
  • Rua Acorn

    as Maori Warrior
  • Dominico Mosca

    as Maori Warrior
  • Sean Marshall

    as Maori Warrior
  • Jacki Sims

    as Maori Warrior
  • Michelle Partlow

    as Maori Warrior
  • Ella Mizrahi

    as Maori Warrior
  • Sam Smith

    as Maori Warrior
  • Rachael Main

    as Maori Warrior
  • Martyn Sanderson

    as Maori Warrior
Directing Stewart Main Director
Directing Peter Wells Director
Editing David Coulson Editor
Production Trishia Downie Associate Producer
Directing Greg Stitt First Assistant Director
Art Shayne Radford Art Direction
Production James Wallace Producer
Camera Leon Narbey Director of Photography
Art Michael Kane Production Design
Writing Peter Wells Writer
Writing Stewart Main Writer
Costume & Make-Up Glenis Foster Costume Design
Sound Peter Scholes Original Music Composer