United States, Great Britain

Deborah Kerr, John Mills, Jenny Seagrove and Barry Bostwick star in this magnificent saga of a young girl's tireless pursuit of love, happiness and the fortune that would wipe out forever the bitterness of her past. Emma Harte has married the weak but charming Joe Lowther. Not because she loves him, but to give her daughter Edwina a name and because, in the early 1900's, a woman needs a protector. Then comes the First World War, and a new love for Emma. Paul McGill (Barry Bostwick), a wealthy Australian industrialist, is fascinated by this beautiful, strong-willed woman. The Harte empire grows - and Emma marries for a second time...The second part of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE takes us through the Second World War to the present day when Emma's children by the men she has married and loved have grown up - and the empire she has built stands in danger from within...