CinemaOSMovie · 1997 · 2h 27m

The Beggar Bride

How far will she go?

82%(2)IMDbDrama

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...

Directed byDiarmuid Lawrence

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 27m
Language
EN
Released
August 24, 1997
Studios
BBC

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
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

T.R. Bowen

T.R. Bowen

Jerry

Georgina Sutcliffe

Georgina Sutcliffe

Laura

Creative team
Directed by
Diarmuid Lawrence
Diarmuid Lawrence
Written by
Lizzie Mickery
Lizzie Mickery

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