Nigel Hawthorne
Lord Ogleby
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- 1999 · Comedy · 1h 30m
Nov 12, 1999 · The Clandestine Marriage: Directed by Christopher Miles. With Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Tom Hollander. A period movie, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.
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- Comedy
- Christopher Miles
- 1999-11-12
The Clandestine Marriage. Summaries. A period movie, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family. The planned marriage suffers a last-minute upset when the would-be husband switches affections to the bride's sister.
The Clandestine Marriage. The oldest daughter in her family, Betsy Sterling (Emma Chambers) is set to marry Sir John Ogleby (Tom Hollander). However, complications arise when John falls for...
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- Christopher Miles
- Comedy
- Nigel Hawthorne
The Clandestine Marriage is a 1999 British comedy film directed by Christopher Miles and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall and Tom Hollander. It is based on the 1766 play The Clandestine Marriage by David Garrick and George Colman. This was also the final role for Nigel Hawthorne before his death.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. In 1776 the Ogleby's, represented by the Lord and his fey son, Sir John, visit the home of Sterling, intending for Sir John to marry Sterling's eldest child, Betsy. The two broods could hardly be more different -- the Oglebys are of noble blood, but bankrupt, whereas the Sterlings are "nouveau riche.
- Christopher Miles
- Nigel Hawthorne
The Clandestine Marriage, a highly entertaining drama published in 1766 by Colman and Garrick, and still performed, is the source of a stolen scenario which fails to honor the play. The film is most damaged by an excess of cinematic "business" which detracts from the adequately complicated but sprightly original, including some rather tasteless ...
Synopsis by Gönül Dönmez-Colin. In this period piece set in England in 1776, Betsy, the eldest daughter of the 'nouveau riche' Sterling family from the city, is to wed Sir John, the son of the aristocratic but poor Ogleby family from the country.
