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Directed by:
Robert BiermanCinematography:
John McGlashanCast:
Hermione Norris, Cathryn Harrison, Sean Pertwee, Shirley Henderson, Lucy Robinson, Sean Bean, Julian Firth, Ralph Riach, Ben Cole, Diana Quick, Malcolm Terris (more)Plots(1)
Sean Bean plays Lovelace, a handsome rake determined to seduce--and thus destroy--the beautiful young virgin Clarissa Harlowe (Saskia Wickham), a wealthy heiress famed for her virtue. As Clarissa is forced by her scheming family into the predatory Lovelace's arms, it seems certain that he will succeed. But Lovelace has failed to reckon with both Clarissa's strength of character and his one fatal weakness: his own heart. For the first time in his life, he becomes genuinely infatuated with his prey--a failing that drives him to new heights of decadence and sows the seeds of his own destruction. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Hermione Norris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/280/164280496_0e244a.jpg)
Hermione Norris
UK
Best series:
Luther (2010) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
The Crimson Field (2014) (series)
![Cathryn Harrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725075_184eae.jpg)
Cathryn Harrison
UK
Best series:
Robin of Sherwood (1984) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Original Sin (1997) (series)
![Sean Pertwee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270312_ee0d32.jpg)
Sean Pertwee
UK
![Shirley Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270449_a99b19.jpg)
Shirley Henderson
UK
Best series:
The Mandalorian (2019) (series)
Happy Valley (2014) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Lucy Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/500/158500289_d96b78.jpg)
Lucy Robinson
Best series:
IT Crowd (2006) (series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Sean Bean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/964/161964461_3ed72c.jpg)
Sean Bean
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series) - actor, a.f.
Time (2021) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
![Julian Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004109_94062b.gif)
Julian Firth
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
![Ralph Riach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263720_7a9359.jpg)
Ralph Riach
UK
Best series:
Still Game (2002) (series)
Chancer (1990) (series)
Shetland (2013) (series)
Ben Cole
Best series:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
The Following (2013) (series)
Clarissa (1991) (series)
![Diana Quick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188355_06b459.jpg)
Diana Quick
UK
Best series:
Silk (2011) (series)
Disparition (2014) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
![Malcolm Terris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/549/158549679_796b9e.gif)
Malcolm Terris
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Jonny Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/344/159344210_84dcb0.jpg)
Jonny Phillips
UK
Best series:
Hustle (2004) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Village (2013) (series)
![Wolfgang Gasser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/400/160400150_732298.jpg)
Wolfgang Gasser
Austria
Best series:
Clarissa (1991) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Le Renard (1977) (series)
![Michael Feast](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806876_eb4cb3.jpg)
Michael Feast
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
Bill Dean
UK
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Heartbeat (1992) (series)
Clarissa (1991) (series)
Saskia Wickham
UK
Best series:
Green Wing (2004) (series)
Spotless (2015) (series)
Waking the Dead (2000) (series)
Patsy Palmer
UK
Best series:
The Catherine Tate Show (2004) (series)
Daybreak (2012) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Jack Deam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/198/163198136_9d8832.jpg)
Jack Deam
UK
Best series:
Unforgiven (2009) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Queer as Folk (1999) (series)
![Jeffry Wickham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/225/163225615_fd2a8e.jpg)
Jeffry Wickham
UK
Best series:
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)