The Beggar Bride

IMDb 7.5 1997 • 147 min • Drama

Director

Diarmuid Lawrence

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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 Cast

Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes Angela Harper
Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones Sir Fabian Ormerod
Joe Duttine
Joe Duttine Billy Harper
Richard Lintern
Richard Lintern Callister
John Bowler
John Bowler Inspector Hayes