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1997

The Beggar Bride

Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
How far will she go?

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...

Duration

2h 27m

Released

August 24, 1997

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Cast7

  • Keeley Hawes
  • Nicholas Jones
  • Joe Duttine
  • Richard Lintern
  • John Bowler
  • T.R. Bowen
  • Georgina Sutcliffe

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