The Beggar Bride (1997)

08/24/1997 (GB) • 2h 27m

Drama

How far will she go?

Overview

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...

Top Billed Cast

Keeley Hawes

Angela Harper

Nicholas Jones

Sir Fabian Ormerod

Joe Duttine

Billy Harper

John Bowler

Inspector Hayes


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

jealousy

based on novel or book

greed

bigamy

stockings

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