Movie
Oscar and Lucinda
Released: December 31, 1997 (1997)
Runtime: 132 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Clive Russell as Theophilus
Age at release: 52
- Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Stratton
Age at release: 49
- Christian Manon as Mr. Tomasetti
Age at release: 47
- Linda Bassett as Betty Stratton
Age at release: 47
- Geoffrey Rush as Narrator (voice)
Age at release: 46
- Ciarán Hinds as Reverend Dennis Hasset
Age at release: 44
- Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins
Age at release: 35
- Richard Roxburgh as Mr. Jeffries
Age at release: 35
- Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier
Age at release: 28
- Barnaby Kay as Wardley-Fish
Age at release: 28
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- Basil Clarke as Elderly Parishoner
Age at release: 84
- Colin Taylor as Frazer
Age at release: 68
- Matyelok Gibbs as Mrs. Williams
Age at release: 65
- Peter Whitford as Mr. Ahearn
Age at release: 58
- Barry Otto as Jimmy D'Abbs
Age at release: 56
- Lynette Curran as Mrs. Ahearn
Age at release: 52
- Gillian Jones as Elizabeth Leplastrier
Age at release: 50
- Bille Brown as Percy Smith
Age at release: 45
- Robert Menzies as Abel Leplastrier
Age at release: 42
- Josephine Byrnes as Miriam Chadwick
Age at release: 31
- Andrea Moor as Miss Shaddock
Age at release: Unknown
- Polly Cheshire as Young Lucinda
Age at release: Unknown
- Adam Hayes as Young Oscar
Age at release: Unknown
- Sonia Ritter as Fanny Drabble
Age at release: Unknown
- Will Barton as College Student
Age at release: Unknown
- Jonathan Markwood as College Student
Age at release: Unknown
- Nicholas Tennant as College Student
Age at release: Unknown
- Sam Newman as George Loxwood
Age at release: Unknown
- Nicholas Fordham as College Student
Age at release: Unknown
- Ron Blanchard as Steamer Captain
Age at release: Unknown