The Tichborne Claimant
The Tichborne Claimant
Release: 1999-11-12
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 8.0
Drama
Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Redbus Film Distribution
Bigger Picture Company
Isle of Man Film Commission
Swiftcall
Cast
Christopher Benjamin
as Gibbes
Roger Hammond
as Cubitt
Ursula Howells
as Lady Doughty
John Gielgud
as Cockburn
Howard Lew Lewis
as The Hotel Manager
Ralph Nossek
as Workhouse Master
Robert Pugh
as The Claimant
James Villiers
as Uncle Henry
Paola Dionisotti
as The Dowager
John Challis
as Rous the Landlord
Jennifer Hennessy
as Cousin Alicia
Stephen Fry
as Hawkins
Dudley Sutton
as Onslow Onslow
Perry Fenwick
as John Holmes
Anita Dobson
as Fanny Loder
David Crawford
as Court Usher
Iain Cuthbertson
as Dr. McKechnie
Sion Tudor Owen
as Charles Orton
Robert Hardy
as Lord Rivers
John Kani
as Bogle
Charles Gray
as Arundell
