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The Fool( 1990)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Derek Jacobi

      Mr. Frederick / Sir John

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      Paul Brooke

      Lord Paramount

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      Julian Firth

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      John Tams

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      Ian Targett

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      Paddy Ward

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      Jo Warne

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      Chris Whittingham

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      Rory Murray

      Henry Ottaway

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      Corin Redgrave

      Sir Thomas Neathouse

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      Sally Ashby

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      Brenda Bruce

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      Cindy Oswin

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      Bernard Padden

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      Emma Piper

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      John Warner

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      Roger Hammond

      Augustus Roddick

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      Alec Wallis

      Marquess

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      Marty Cruikshank

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      Cordelia Ditton

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      Susan Field

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      Graham Seed

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      Stanley Lloyd

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      Hilary Sesta

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      Murray Melvin

      Jeremy Ruttle

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      Jonathan Cecil

      Sir Martin Locket

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      John Atkinson

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      Una Brandon-Jones

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      James Greene

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      Zoe Hicks

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      Brian Poyser

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      Norman Lumsden

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      Richard Clifford

      George Locket

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      Bill Wallis

      Henry Beauchamp-Harper

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      Rosalind Adler

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      Rex Doyle

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      Reginald Jessup

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      Christine Pilgrim

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      Joanna Maude

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      Amanda Wenban

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      Hugh Lloyd

      Viscount

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      Frederick Treves

      Samuel Simpson

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      Ben Aris

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      Gregory Floy

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      Howard Goorney

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      Christopher Good

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      Petra Markham

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      Ian Lindsay

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      Irina Brook

      Georgiana Shillibeer

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      Sarah Flind

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      Penny Bunton

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      Julian Bleach

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      Jean Murphy

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      Fiona McAlpine

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      Anne Romyn

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      Ann-Marie Gwatkin

      Emily

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      James Cosmo

      Mr. Bowring

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      Terence Conoley

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      James Coyle

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      Stephen Daltry

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      Kit Jackson

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      Giles Oldershaw

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      David Trevena

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      Miriam Margolyes

      Mrs. Bowring

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      Philip McGough

      Mr. Croker

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      Iain Andrew

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      Mara Purcell

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      Eric Francis

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      Jack Gittings

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      Bill Stewart

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      Peter Wyatt

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      Ian Gelder

      Henry Gibbs

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      Joan Sims

      Lady Daphne

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      Beth Ellis

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      Janet Henfrey

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      Merelina Kendall

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      Charmian May

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      Madeleine Moffat

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      Phillada Sewell

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      Dilys Hamlett

      Lady Emma

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      Maria Aitken

      Lady Amelia

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      Laura Cox

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      Sally Faulkner

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      Tamsin Heatley

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      Darlene Johnson

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      Kristin Milward

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      Jane Wymark

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      Auriol Smith

      Lady Augusta

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      Stratford Johns

      Arthur Shillibeer

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      Leon Davis

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      James Grant

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      Richard Graydon

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      Bruce Green

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      Patricia Napier

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      Peter Stockbridge

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      Richard Caldicot

      Duke

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      Patricia Hayes

      The Dowager Duchess

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      Ruth Mitchell

      The Girl

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      Jim Carter

      Mr. Blackthorn

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      Arthur Kelly

      Grease remover seller

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      Tony Frey

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      Irene Frederick

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      Siobhan Nicholas

      Chickweed seller

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      Robin Meredith

      Crossing sweep

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      Miranda Richardson

      Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

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      Joanna Brookes

      Stage actress

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      Nora Connolly

      Stage actress

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      John Dalby

      Stage actor

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      Ron Emslie

      Stage actor

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      Knight Mantell

      Stage actor

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      Mark Arnold

      Stage actor

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      Michael Feast

      Mr. Edwin

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      Michael Hordern

      Mr. Tatham

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      Peter Bailie

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      Jan Lower

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      Pamela Moiseiwitsch

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      John Moore

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      Malcolm Mudie

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      Simon Slater

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      John McEnery

      Mr. Maclean

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      Don Henderson

      Bob

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      Michael Andrew

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      Graham Fletcher-Cook

      Whistling Billy

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      David Grahame

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      Kenneth McClellan

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      John Tordoff

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      Robert Terson

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      Nick Edmett

      Grease buyer

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      Michael Medwin

      Mr. Wells

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      Raymond Brody

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      Ronnie Brody

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      Alan Ford

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      Mark Lambert

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      Stewart Permutt

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      Peter Waddington

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      Maria Charles

      The Pure Gatherer

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      Rosalie Crutchley

      Mrs. Harris

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      Ewen Bremner

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      Ron Cook

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      Christopher Hancock

      Joe

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      Jessica James

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      Linda Kerr Scott

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      David Sterne

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      Preston Lockwood

      Mr. Benjamin

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      James Cairncross

      Mr. Trott

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      Maurice Elliot

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      Richard Henry

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      John Fahey

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      David Glover

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      Robert Putt

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      David Pugh

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      John Harding

      Mr. Priddle

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      Chris Darwin

      Theatre doorman

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      Christine Ellerbeck

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      Harry Jones

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      Colleen McClure

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      John Tramper

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      Nicolas Tennant

      Curley

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      Charlie Bartle

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      Fred Beauman

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      Stephen Boyes

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      Johnnie Clayton

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      David Keyes

      Tom

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      Dominic Geary

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      Philip Gunderson

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      Ray Martin

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      Terry John

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      Arthur Nightingale

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      Harry Klein

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      George Savvides

      Mr. Nick

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      John Quarmby

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      Harry Webster

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      Dawn Charatan

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      Joan Dainty

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      Deddie Davies

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      Mark Knox

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      Dominic Martinez

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      Stephen Rashbrook

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      Vince Starr

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      Paul Wilce

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      Michael Mears

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      Cyril Cusack

      The Ballad Seller

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    7600000.00

    Revenue

    79139.00

    Keywords

    • victorian england
    • social satire
    • woman director
    • double identity
    • financial fraud