Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.
Helena Bonham Carter
as Kate Croy
Linus Roache
as Merton Densher
Alison Elliott
as Millie Theale
Elizabeth McGovern
as Susan Stringham
Charlotte Rampling
as Aunt Maude
Alex Jennings
as Lord Mark
Michael Gambon
as Lionel Croy
Ben Miles
as Journalist 1
Philip Wright
as Journalist 2
Diana Kent
as Merton's Party Companion
Alexander John
as Butler
Shirley Chantrell
as Opium Den Lady
