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.

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The Fool (1990)

Drama · 2h 20m · 12/7/1990

Description

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Sands Films, British Screen, Film4 Productions

Budget

$7,600,000

Revenue

$79,139

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Cast

Derek Jacobi

Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke

Lord Paramount

Julian Firth

John Tams

Ian Targett

Paddy Ward

Jo Warne

Chris Whittingham

Rory Murray

Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave

Sir Thomas Neathouse

Sally Ashby

Brenda Bruce

Cindy Oswin

Bernard Padden

Emma Piper

John Warner

Roger Hammond

Augustus Roddick

Alec Wallis

Marquess

Marty Cruikshank

Cordelia Ditton

Susan Field

Graham Seed

Stanley Lloyd

Hilary Sesta

Murray Melvin

Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil

Sir Martin Locket

John Atkinson

Una Brandon-Jones

James Greene

Zoe Hicks

Brian Poyser

Norman Lumsden

Richard Clifford

George Locket

Bill Wallis

Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Rosalind Adler

Rex Doyle

Reginald Jessup

Christine Pilgrim

Joanna Maude

Amanda Wenban

Hugh Lloyd

Viscount

Frederick Treves

Samuel Simpson

Ben Aris

Gregory Floy

Howard Goorney

Christopher Good

Petra Markham

Ian Lindsay

Irina Brook

Georgiana Shillibeer

Sarah Flind

Penny Bunton

Julian Bleach

Jean Murphy

Fiona McAlpine

Anne Romyn

Ann-Marie Gwatkin

Emily

James Cosmo

Mr. Bowring

Terence Conoley

James Coyle

Stephen Daltry

Kit Jackson

Giles Oldershaw

David Trevena

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough

Mr. Croker

Iain Andrew

Mara Purcell

Eric Francis

Jack Gittings

Bill Stewart

Peter Wyatt

Ian Gelder

Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims

Lady Daphne

Beth Ellis

Janet Henfrey

Merelina Kendall

Charmian May

Madeleine Moffat

Phillada Sewell

Dilys Hamlett

Lady Emma

Maria Aitken

Lady Amelia

Laura Cox

Sally Faulkner

Tamsin Heatley

Darlene Johnson

Kristin Milward

Jane Wymark

Auriol Smith

Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns

Arthur Shillibeer

Leon Davis

James Grant

Richard Graydon

Bruce Green

Patricia Napier

Peter Stockbridge

Richard Caldicot

Duke

Patricia Hayes

The Dowager Duchess

Ruth Mitchell

The Girl

Jim Carter

Mr. Blackthorn

Arthur Kelly

Grease remover seller

Tony Frey

Irene Frederick

Siobhan Nicholas

Chickweed seller

Robin Meredith

Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson

Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes

Stage actress

Nora Connolly

Stage actress

John Dalby

Stage actor

Ron Emslie

Stage actor

Knight Mantell

Stage actor

Mark Arnold

Stage actor

Michael Feast

Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern

Mr. Tatham

Peter Bailie

Jan Lower

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

John Moore

Malcolm Mudie

Simon Slater

John McEnery

Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson

Bob

Michael Andrew

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Whistling Billy

David Grahame

Kenneth McClellan

John Tordoff

Robert Terson

Nick Edmett

Grease buyer

Michael Medwin

Mr. Wells

Raymond Brody

Ronnie Brody

Alan Ford

Mark Lambert

Stewart Permutt

Peter Waddington

Maria Charles

The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Harris

Ewen Bremner

Ron Cook

Christopher Hancock

Joe

Jessica James

Linda Kerr Scott

David Sterne

Preston Lockwood

Mr. Benjamin

James Cairncross

Mr. Trott

Maurice Elliot

Richard Henry

John Fahey

David Glover

Robert Putt

David Pugh

John Harding

Mr. Priddle

Chris Darwin

Theatre doorman

Christine Ellerbeck

Harry Jones

Colleen McClure

John Tramper

Nicholas Tennant

Curley

Charlie Bartle

Fred Beauman

Stephen Boyes

Johnnie Clayton

David Keyes

Tom

Dominic Geary

Philip Gunderson

Ray Martin

Terry John

Arthur Nightingale

Harry Klein

George Savvides

Mr. Nick

John Quarmby

Harry Webster

Dawn Charatan

Joan Dainty

Deddie Davies

Mark Knox

Dominic Martinez

Stephen Rashbrook

Vince Starr

Paul Wilce

Michael Mears

Cyril Cusack

The Ballad Seller

Crew

Christine Edzard

Director

Olivier Stockman

Director

Michel Sanvoisin

Director

John Tyler

Director

Dave Goodie

Director

David Wilmore

Director

Salo Gardner

Director

Iris Rougler

Director

Brian Wynne

Director

Terry Lee

Director

Frank Reid

Director

Daniel Meadows

Director

John McMillan

Director

Terry Thompson

Director

Alan Hausmann

Director

Alan Weeks

Director

Ronnie Barlow

Director

Albert Grassi

Director

Peter Cheesman

Director

Neale Brown

Director

Richard Feroze

Director

Bill Clayton

Director

Jim Thompson

Director

Justin Grassi

Director

Billy Hoven

Director

Hugh Doherty

Director

Mark Sonnex

Director

Mary McGowan

Director

Charlie McMillan

Director

Peter Seater

Director

Janis Barlow

Director

Robert Bray

Director

Adam Clarkson

Director

Jennifer Moseley

Director

Johanna Sonnex

Director

Annabel Hands

Director

Rotislav Doboujinsky

Director

Tony Alcock

Director

Sarah Alcock

Director

Simon Clarkson

Director

Sabine Duthil

Director

Emma Thistlethwaite

Director

John Evans

Director

Clare Wilkinson

Director

Catherine Goodley

Director

Stephanie Gwatkin

Director

John Barratt

Director

Caroline Gardner

Director

Jo Measure

Director

Toppet Moore

Director

Helen Pettit

Director

Matthew Shrubb

Director

Judith Thorp

Director

Barbara Sonnex

Director

Sarah Bennie

Director

Joyce Carter

Director

Jayne Lambert

Director

Shirley Nevin

Director

Linda James

Director

Diane Wren

Director

Harry Ellam

Director

Carrie Bayliss

Director

Jacky Green

Director

Lilla Griffin

Director

Annette Heron

Director

Iona Kenrick

Director

Doris Philpott

Director

Julie Yule

Director

Marion Weise

Director

Pam Meager

Director

Sam Bear

Director

Delia Latham

Director

Liz Michie

Director

Elizabeth Moss

Director

Sally Neale

Director

Celia Bannerman

Director

Lisa Barlow

Director

Tana Berry

Director

Louise Brooks

Director

Sabine Goodwin

Director

Colin Wilcox

Director

Trevor Mathurin

Director

Trevor Ingman

Director

Tina Barr

Director

Emma Burge

Director

Rita Dean

Director

Charlotte Darwin

Director

Jonny Kurzman

Director

Norman Swindell

Director

Linda Gregory

Director

Rosie Canavan

Director

Karen Finch

Director

Jacqui Fitzsimmons

Director

Molly Hoven

Director

David Johnson

Director

Frances Lynch

Director

Ray Julian

Director

Karen Kelly

Director

John Thompson

Director

Godfrey Kirby

Director

Tim Watts

Director

Geoffrey Simm

Director

Margaret Barrett

Director

Paul Carr

Director

Brian Paxton

Director

Mick Mason

Director

Paul Evans

Director

Michaela Mason

Director

Malcolm May

Director

Mark Moriarty

Director

John Fletcher

Director

Robin Vidgeon

Director

Jack Collins

Director

Chris Mortley

Director

Ray Wardley

Director

Colin Vinton

Director

Richard Goodwin

Director

Henry Mayhew

Director

Fraser Maclean

Director

John Griffin

Director

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