The Fool (1990)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $7,600,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $79,139.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.235 |
Directed By
Christine Edzard
Crew
Christine Edzard
Christine Edzard
Olivier Stockman
Robin Vidgeon
Celia Bannerman
Olivier Stockman
Christine Edzard
Michel Sanvoisin
Terry Lee
Peter Cheesman
Billy Hoven
Brian Wynne
Richard Feroze
Jim Thompson
Charlie McMillan
Bill Clayton
Mark Sonnex
John Tyler
Dave Goodie
David Wilmore
John McMillan
Olivier Stockman
Salo Gardner
Emma Thistlethwaite
John Barratt
Caroline Gardner
Joyce Carter
Diane Wren
Margaret Barrett
John Evans
Jacky Green
Doris Philpott
Delia Latham
Olivier Stockman
Molly Hoven
Karen Kelly
John Thompson
Michaela Mason
Mark Moriarty
Daniel Meadows
Albert Grassi
Jennifer Moseley
Matthew Shrubb
Carrie Bayliss
Elizabeth Moss
Celia Bannerman
Louise Brooks
Charlotte Darwin
David Johnson
Frances Lynch
Ray Wardley
Richard Goodwin
Simon Clarkson
Sam Bear
Lisa Barlow
John Griffin
Justin Grassi
Hugh Doherty
Adam Clarkson
Annabel Hands
Sabine Goodwin
Jonny Kurzman
Paul Carr
Brian Paxton
Neale Brown
Sabine Duthil
Harry Ellam
Linda Gregory
Jacqui Fitzsimmons
Ray Julian
Christine Edzard
Marion Weise
Pam Meager
Robin Vidgeon
Toppet Moore
Annette Heron
Paul Evans
John Fletcher
Stephanie Gwatkin
Sarah Bennie
Sally Neale
Rosie Canavan
Geoffrey Simm
Iris Rougler
Frank Reid
Janis Barlow
Robert Bray
Rotislav Doboujinsky
Judith Thorp
Iona Kenrick
Tina Barr
Godfrey Kirby
Celia Bannerman
Jo Measure
Helen Pettit
Linda James
Lilla Griffin
Jack Collins
Alan Hausmann
Alan Weeks
Ronnie Barlow
Mary McGowan
Jayne Lambert
Norman Swindell
Malcolm May
Catherine Goodley
Colin Wilcox
Trevor Ingman
Karen Finch
Henry Mayhew
Terry Thompson
Peter Seater
Sarah Alcock
Barbara Sonnex
Emma Burge
Mick Mason
Clare Wilkinson
Julie Yule
Colin Vinton
Johanna Sonnex
Tony Alcock
Shirley Nevin
Liz Michie
Tana Berry
Trevor Mathurin
Rita Dean
Tim Watts
Chris Mortley
Fraser Maclean
TOP CAST
Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
Alec Wallis
Marquess
Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle
Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket
Richard Clifford
George Locket
Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Hugh Lloyd
Viscount
Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson
Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer
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