This is about a girl, Serena Staverley (Helena Bonham Carter), whose father Sir Giles (Christopher Plummer) gambles his whole estate and her away. The eventual winner, Lord Justin Vulcan (Marcus Gilbert), takes Serena to live with his mother Lady Harriet (Diana Rigg) at his estate, Mandrake, while he decides what to do with her.
Whatever the production lacks in quality - the acting of some characters and some scenes are rather cheesy - it makes up for it in spades (pardon the pun) with the stunning visuals of the lead characters. Marcus Gilbert, especially, is so swoonworthy, I wish more Barbara Cartland novels were adapted into movies with him as the male lead.
Whatever the production lacks in quality - the acting of some characters and some scenes are rather cheesy - it makes up for it in spades (pardon the pun) with the stunning visuals of the lead characters. Marcus Gilbert, especially, is so swoonworthy, I wish more Barbara Cartland novels were adapted into movies with him as the male lead.