Overview
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.
Cast
Oscar Hopkins
Lucinda Leplastrier
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Hugh Stratton
Mr. Jeffries
Mr. Tomasetti
Theophilus
Wardley-Fish
Betty Stratton
Narrator (voice)
Elderly Parishoner
Miss Shaddock