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Oscar and Lucinda

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

1997★ 6.4 · 792h 12mDramaRomance

Overview

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

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Cast

Ralph Fiennes
as Oscar Hopkins

Cate Blanchett
as Lucinda Leplastrier

Ciarán Hinds
as Reverend Dennis Hasset

Geoffrey Rush
as Narrator (voice)

Richard Roxburgh
as Mr. Jeffries

Tom Wilkinson
as Hugh Stratton

Clive Russell
as Theophilus

Linda Bassett
as Betty Stratton

Barnaby Kay
as Wardley-Fish

Lynette Curran
as Mrs. Ahearn

Lucy Bell
as Miss Mary Hasset

Andrea Moor
as Miss Shaddock

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Release date: 1997-12-31

Budget: $16,000,000

Revenue: $1,897,404

Runtime: 2h 12m

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DramaRomance

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