Sense and Sensibility
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
Drama, Romance
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Mirage Enterprises
Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood, Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood, Hugh Grant as Edward Ferrars, Tom Wilkinson as Mr. Dashwood, Alan Rickman as Col. Christopher Brandon, Imogen Stubbs as Lucy Steele, Greg Wise as John Willoughby, Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer, Imelda Staunton as Charlotte Jennings Palmer, Robert Hardy as Sir John Middleton, Oliver Ford Davies as Doctor Harris, James Fleet as John Dashwood, Harriet Walter as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood, Gemma Jones as Mrs. Dashwood, Emilie François as Margaret Dashwood, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs. Jennings, Richard Lumsden as Robert Ferrars