Desperate Remedies

Movie Summary

• Released November 26, 1993 (Australia)
• Tagline: 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?

Alum Actors

• André Kovachevitch plays Chorus #12
• Bruce Hopkins plays Chorus #8
• Ian Hughes plays Chorus #9
• Kevin Smith plays Lawrence Hayes
• Michael Hurst plays Willam Poyser
• Peter Mason plays Chorus #13
• Peter Tait plays Chorus #16
• Sam Williams plays Maori Warrior/Townspeople

Non-YH Alum Crossactors

• None at the time.

Links

• Desperate Remedies on IMDB
• Desperate Remedies on The Movie Database
• Desperate Remedies on Film Affinity
• Desperate Remedies on NZ On Screen
• Desperate Remedies on Rotten Tomatoes

Additional Promo Pictures

Additional Pictures (YH Alum Actors)

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Kevin Smith as Lawrence Hayes.

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Michael Hurst as Willam Poyser.

Additional Pictures (Non-YH Alum Actors)

• None at the time. (Why not add some?)