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