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