The Wings of the Dove (1997)

A couple with everything but money. An heiress with everything but love. A temptation no one could resist.

Movie · Drama, Romance · 1h 42m · Rated 6.5/10 on TMDB · Released September 4, 1997

Overview

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.

Directed by Iain Softley

Cast

• Helena Bonham Carter as Kate Croy
• Linus Roache as Merton Densher
• Alison Elliott as Millie Theale
• Elizabeth McGovern as Susan Stringham
• Charlotte Rampling as Aunt Maude
• Alex Jennings as Lord Mark
• Michael Gambon as Lionel Croy
• Ben Miles as Journalist 1
• Philip Wright as Journalist 2
• Diana Kent as Merton's Party Companion
• Alexander John as Butler
• Shirley Chantrell as Opium Den Lady

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