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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
Norman Lumsden
Bill Wallis
as Henry Beauchamp-Harper
John McEnery
as Mr. Maclean
Linda Kerr Scott
Joan Sims
as Lady Daphne
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Whistling Billy
Nora Connolly
as Stage actress
Paul Brooke
as Lord Paramount
Ian Gelder
as Henry Gibbs
Hugh Lloyd
as Viscount
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Bowring
David Pugh
Gregory Floy
Michael Mears
Ian Lindsay
Sally Faulkner
David Keyes
as Tom
Mark Arnold
as Stage actor
Derek Jacobi
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
John Warner
Richard Caldicot
as Duke
John Quarmby
Irina Brook
as Georgiana Shillibeer
Janet Henfrey
Jonathan Cecil
as Sir Martin Locket
Jessica James
Una Brandon-Jones
Patricia Hayes
as The Dowager Duchess
Michael Andrew
Joanna Brookes
as Stage actress
Michael Feast
as Mr. Edwin
Rosalie Crutchley
as Mrs. Harris
Darlene Johnson
Stratford Johns
as Arthur Shillibeer
Alan Ford
David Sterne
Robert Putt
Howard Goorney
Christopher Good
Julian Bleach
Philip McGough
as Mr. Croker
Richard Graydon
Don Henderson
as Bob
Nicholas Tennant
as Curley
James Cosmo
as Mr. Bowring
Petra Markham
John Tordoff
Rosalind Adler
Bill Stewart
Michael Hordern
as Mr. Tatham
Ronnie Brody
Sarah Flind
Ron Cook
Maria Charles
as The Pure Gatherer
Stephen Rashbrook
Michael Medwin
as Mr. Wells
Julian Firth
Richard Clifford
as George Locket
George Savvides
as Mr. Nick
Cyril Cusack
as The Ballad Seller
Dilys Hamlett
as Lady Emma
Corin Redgrave
as Sir Thomas Neathouse
Brenda Bruce
John Tams
Roger Hammond
as Augustus Roddick
Marty Cruikshank
Jim Carter
as Mr. Blackthorn
Mark Lambert
Miranda Richardson
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Ewen Bremner
Murray Melvin
as Jeremy Ruttle
Maria Aitken
as Lady Amelia
Jane Wymark