Oscar and Lucinda

6.349

132 minutes

12/31/1997

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.

Cast List

Ralph Fiennes
as Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett
as Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
as Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh
as Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon
as Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell
as Theophilus
Barnaby Kay
as Wardley-Fish
Linda Bassett
as Betty Stratton
Geoffrey Rush
as Narrator (voice)
Basil Clarke
as Elderly Parishoner
Andrea Moor
as Miss Shaddock
Bille Brown
as Percy Smith
Josephine Byrnes
as Miriam Chadwick
Barry Otto
as Jimmy D'Abbs
Polly Cheshire
as Young Lucinda
Gillian Jones
as Elizabeth Leplastrier
Robert Menzies
as Abel Leplastrier
Adam Hayes
as Young Oscar
Matyelok Gibbs
as Mrs. Williams
Sonia Ritter
as Fanny Drabble
Will Barton
as College Student
Jonathan Markwood
as College Student
Nicholas Tennant
as College Student
Sam Newman
as George Loxwood
Nicholas Fordham
as College Student
Peter Whitford
as Mr. Ahearn
Lynette Curran
as Mrs. Ahearn
Ron Blanchard
as Steamer Captain
Colin Taylor
as Frazer
Michelle Doake
as Hotel Maid
Karen Vickery
as Society Gossip
Elspeth MacTavish
as Society Gossip
Leverne McDonnell
as Miss Malcolm
Geoff Morrell
as Charley Fig
Douglas Hedge
as Dog Pit Caller
Tobias Saunders
as Belgian Boy
Marianne Borgo
as Belgian Grandmother
Vanessa Seydoux
as Belgian Mother
Leslie Dayman
as Glassworks Foreman
Lucy Bell
as Miss Mary Hasset
Kim Hillas
as Publican's Wife