COUSIN BETTE

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• Release Year: 1972
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
• Cast: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells, John Bryans, Harriet Harper, Colin Baker, Edward de Souza, Davyd Harries, Esmond Knight, Oscar Quitak, Robert Speaight, Ericka Crowne, Sally James, Margaret Boyd, Michael Mulcaster, Janet Key, David Garth, Godfrey James, Maurice Quick, Ellen Pollock, Jerold Wells, Belinda Low, Edmund Bailey, Raymond Witch, Suzanne Togni, Leslie Nye, Bella Emberg, Fiona Gaunt, John DeVaut, Vanessa Riches, Penny Service, Susan Travers, Mary Healey, Keith Campbell, Graham Tonbridge, Gareth Davies, Ray Lawler, Honoré de Balzac
• Director: Gareth Davies
• Runtime: 3:40
• Company: BBC, Acorn Media
• Media Format: Movie