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The Fool
The Fool
Release: 1990-12-07
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.0
Drama
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Sands Films
Film Four International
British Screen
Cast
Julian Firth
Jonathan Cecil
as Sir Martin Locket
Ian Gelder
as Henry Gibbs
Jim Carter
as Mr. Blackthorn
Rosalind Adler
Joan Sims
as Lady Daphne
George Savvides
as Mr. Nick
Julian Bleach
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Bowring
Stephen Rashbrook
Sally Faulkner
Michael Mears
Michael Hordern
as Mr. Tatham
John McEnery
as Mr. Maclean
Don Henderson
as Bob
Maria Charles
as The Pure Gatherer
Una Brandon-Jones
Michael Andrew
Rosalie Crutchley
as Mrs. Harris
Cyril Cusack
as The Ballad Seller
John Tams
Jessica James
Robert Putt
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Whistling Billy
John Tordoff
Miranda Richardson
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Michael Medwin
as Mr. Wells
Hugh Lloyd
as Viscount
Irina Brook
as Georgiana Shillibeer
Janet Henfrey
Bill Wallis
as Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Darlene Johnson
Ronnie Brody
Roger Hammond
as Augustus Roddick
Ron Cook
John Quarmby
Gregory Floy
Howard Goorney
Patricia Hayes
as The Dowager Duchess
Richard Clifford
as George Locket
Petra Markham
Bill Stewart
Maria Aitken
as Lady Amelia
Richard Caldicot
as Duke
David Pugh
Alan Ford
Derek Jacobi
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Sarah Flind
Jane Wymark
Mark Lambert
Norman Lumsden
Christopher Good
Philip McGough
as Mr. Croker
James Cosmo
as Mr. Bowring
David Sterne
Ian Lindsay
Nicholas Tennant
as Curley
Murray Melvin
as Jeremy Ruttle
Nora Connolly
as Stage actress
Dilys Hamlett
as Lady Emma
Richard Graydon
Brenda Bruce
Mark Arnold
as Stage actor
Michael Feast
as Mr. Edwin
Paul Brooke
as Lord Paramount
Corin Redgrave
as Sir Thomas Neathouse
Marty Cruikshank
Joanna Brookes
as Stage actress
Ewen Bremner
John Warner
Stratford Johns
as Arthur Shillibeer
Linda Kerr Scott
David Keyes
as Tom