Desperate Remedies
1993, English. Directed by Stewart Main & Peter Wells.
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?
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Stewart MainDirector
- Peter WellsDirector
- Jennifer Ward-LealandDorothea Brook
- Kevin SmithLawrence Hayes
- Lisa ChappellAnne Cooper
- Cliff CurtisFraser
- Michael HurstWillam Poyser
- Helen SteemsonGnits
- Kiri MillsRose
- Bridget ArmstrongMary Anne
- Timothy RabyMr. Weedle
- Geeling NgSu Lim
- Kate BartlettChorus #1
- Johnny BondChorus #2
Details
- Released
- 26 November 1993
- Country
- New Zealand
- Written by
- Peter Wells, Stewart Main
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Desperate Remedies runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Desperate Remedies isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 November 1993. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Desperate Remedies?
Desperate Remedies (1993) was directed by Stewart Main and Peter Wells and stars Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell.