The Beggar Bride (1997)
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...
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
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Keeley Hawes as Angela Harper |
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Nicholas Jones as Sir Fabian Ormerod |
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Joe Duttine as Billy Harper |
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Richard Lintern as Callister |
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John Bowler as Inspector Hayes |
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T.R. Bowen as Jerry |
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Georgina Sutcliffe as Laura |
| Directing | Diarmuid Lawrence | Director |
| Writing | Lizzie Mickery | Writer |
| Art | John Collins | Standby Art Director |