The Fool
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π 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.
π΅ Budget: USD
7,600,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1990-12-07
β Running Time:
140 mins
β Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Derek Jacobi
Lord Paramount
Paul Brooke
Julian Firth
John Tams
Ian Targett
Paddy Ward
Jo Warne
Chris Whittingham
Henry Ottaway
Rory Murray
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Corin Redgrave
Sally Ashby
Brenda Bruce
Cindy Oswin
Bernard Padden
Emma Piper
John Warner
Augustus Roddick
Roger Hammond
Marquess
Alec Wallis
Marty Cruikshank
Cordelia Ditton
Susan Field
Graham Seed
Stanley Lloyd
Hilary Sesta
Jeremy Ruttle
Murray Melvin
Sir Martin Locket
Jonathan Cecil
John Atkinson
Una Brandon-Jones
James Greene
Zoe Hicks
Brian Poyser
Norman Lumsden
George Locket
Richard Clifford
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Bill Wallis
Rosalind Adler
Rex Doyle
Reginald Jessup
Christine Pilgrim
Joanna Maude
Amanda Wenban
Viscount
Hugh Lloyd
Samuel Simpson
Frederick Treves
Ben Aris
Gregory Floy
Howard Goorney
Christopher Good
Petra Markham
Ian Lindsay
Georgiana Shillibeer
Irina Brook
Sarah Flind
Penny Bunton
Julian Bleach
Jean Murphy
Fiona McAlpine
Anne Romyn
Emily
Ann-Marie Gwatkin
Mr. Bowring
James Cosmo
Terence Conoley
James Coyle
Stephen Daltry
Kit Jackson
Giles Oldershaw
David Trevena
Mrs. Bowring
Miriam Margolyes
Mr. Croker
Philip McGough
Iain Andrew
Mara Purcell
Eric Francis
Jack Gittings
Bill Stewart
Peter Wyatt
Henry Gibbs
Ian Gelder
Lady Daphne
Joan Sims
Beth Ellis
Janet Henfrey
Merelina Kendall
Charmian May
Madeleine Moffat
Phillada Sewell
Lady Emma
Dilys Hamlett
Lady Amelia
Maria Aitken
Laura Cox
Sally Faulkner
Tamsin Heatley
Darlene Johnson
Kristin Milward
Jane Wymark
Lady Augusta
Auriol Smith
Arthur Shillibeer
Stratford Johns
Leon Davis
James Grant
Richard Graydon
Bruce Green
Patricia Napier
Peter Stockbridge
Duke
Richard Caldicot
The Dowager Duchess
Patricia Hayes
The Girl
Ruth Mitchell
Mr. Blackthorn
Jim Carter
Grease remover seller
Arthur Kelly
Tony Frey
Irene Frederick
Chickweed seller
Siobhan Nicholas
Crossing sweep
Robin Meredith
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Miranda Richardson
Stage actress
Joanna Brookes
Stage actress
Nora Connolly
Stage actor
John Dalby
Stage actor
Ron Emslie
Stage actor
Knight Mantell
Stage actor
Mark Arnold
Mr. Edwin
Michael Feast
Mr. Tatham
Michael Hordern
Peter Bailie
Jan Lower
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
John Moore
Malcolm Mudie
Simon Slater
Mr. Maclean
John McEnery
Bob
Don Henderson
Michael Andrew
Whistling Billy
Graham Fletcher-Cook
David Grahame
Kenneth McClellan
John Tordoff
Robert Terson
Grease buyer
Nick Edmett
Mr. Wells
Michael Medwin
Raymond Brody
Ronnie Brody
Alan Ford
Mark Lambert
Stewart Permutt
Peter Waddington
The Pure Gatherer
Maria Charles
Mrs. Harris
Rosalie Crutchley
Ewen Bremner
Ron Cook
Joe
Christopher Hancock
Jessica James
Linda Kerr Scott
David Sterne
Mr. Benjamin
Preston Lockwood
Mr. Trott
James Cairncross
Maurice Elliot
Richard Henry
John Fahey
David Glover
Robert Putt
David Pugh
Mr. Priddle
John Harding
Theatre doorman
Chris Darwin
Christine Ellerbeck
Harry Jones
Colleen McClure
John Tramper
Curley
Nicolas Tennant
Charlie Bartle
Fred Beauman
Stephen Boyes
Johnnie Clayton
Tom
David Keyes
Dominic Geary
Philip Gunderson
Ray Martin
Terry John
Arthur Nightingale
Harry Klein
Mr. Nick
George Savvides
John Quarmby
Harry Webster
Dawn Charatan
Joan Dainty
Deddie Davies
Mark Knox
Dominic Martinez
Stephen Rashbrook
Vince Starr
Paul Wilce
Michael Mears
The Ballad Seller
Cyril Cusack