

The Way We Live Now
2001-11-11 · 75 min / episode · ★ 7.7
Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.
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David SuchetAugustus Melmotte
Matthew MacfadyenSir Felix Carbury
Cillian MurphyPaul Montague
Paloma BaezaHetta Carbury
Cheryl CampbellLady Carbury
Richard CantDolly Longestaffe
Shirley HendersonMarie Melmotte
Tony BrittonLord Alfred Grendall
Douglas HodgeRoger Carbury
David BradleyMr Broune
Miranda OttoMrs Hurtle
Allan CordunerCroll
Angus WrightMiles Grendall
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