The Beggar Bride

"How far will she go?"

1997 2h 27m EN

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8.2

BANGER

★8.2TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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How far will she go for money? "Don't you see, Billy, people like them owe people like us." Young, beautiful and living on the breadline with a feckless husband and a sickly child, Angela Harper decides to take matters into her own hands in order to save her family from the poverty trap. She hits on the perfect plan after noticing a newspaper feature on the once divorced and once widowed lord, Sir Fabian Ormoerod. She will marry the man and then hit him for a massive divorce settlement. And so the stunning Ms Angela Harper, successful lingerie buyer with an alluring independent streak is born...

“How far will she go?”

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Cast

Keeley Hawes
Angela Harper
Nicholas Jones
Sir Fabian Ormerod
Joe Duttine
Billy Harper
Richard Lintern
Callister
John Bowler
Inspector Hayes
T.R. Bowen
Jerry
Georgina Sutcliffe
Laura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Writers: Lizzie Mickery
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Keeley Hawes and Nicholas Jones and Joe Duttine carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How far will she go?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0122395 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Diarmuid Lawrence directs. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Keeley Hawes and Nicholas Jones and Joe Duttine carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "How far will she go?".
5IMDB entry: tt0122395 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.