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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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Ralph FiennesOscar Hopkins -
Cate BlanchettLucinda Leplastrier -
Ciarán HindsReverend Dennis Hasset -
Tom WilkinsonHugh Stratton -
Richard RoxburghMr. Jeffries -
Christian ManonMr. Tomasetti -
Clive RussellTheophilus -
Barnaby KayWardley-Fish -
Linda BassettBetty Stratton -
Geoffrey RushNarrator (voice) -
Basil ClarkeElderly Parishoner -
Andrea MoorMiss Shaddock -
Bille BrownPercy Smith -
Josephine ByrnesMiriam Chadwick -
Barry OttoJimmy D'Abbs -
Polly CheshireYoung Lucinda -
Gillian JonesElizabeth Leplastrier
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Robert MenziesAbel Leplastrier -
Adam HayesYoung Oscar
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Matyelok GibbsMrs. Williams
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