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The Wings of the Dove

1997 1h 42m ★ 6.5

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

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Cast

Helena Bonham CarterKate Croy
Linus RoacheMerton Densher
Alison ElliottMillie Theale
Elizabeth McGovernSusan Stringham
Charlotte RamplingAunt Maude
Alex JenningsLord Mark
Michael GambonLionel Croy
Ben MilesJournalist 1
Philip WrightJournalist 2
Diana KentMerton's Party Companion
Alexander JohnButler
Shirley ChantrellOpium Den Lady
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