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The Fool

7.0 140 mins Drama   1990
Sands Films   Film Four International   British Screen  
Director(s): Christine Edzard

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.

Casts of The Fool

Derek Jacobi

as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke

as Lord Paramount

Rory Murray

as Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave

as Sir Thomas Neathouse

Roger Hammond

as Augustus Roddick

Alec Wallis

as Marquess

Murray Melvin

as Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil

as Sir Martin Locket

Richard Clifford

as George Locket

Bill Wallis

as Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Hugh Lloyd

as Viscount

Frederick Treves

as Samuel Simpson

Irina Brook

as Georgiana Shillibeer

James Cosmo

as Mr. Bowring

Miriam Margolyes

as Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough

as Mr. Croker

Ian Gelder

as Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims

as Lady Daphne

Dilys Hamlett

as Lady Emma

Maria Aitken

as Lady Amelia

Auriol Smith

as Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns

as Arthur Shillibeer

Patricia Hayes

as The Dowager Duchess

Ruth Mitchell

as The Girl

Jim Carter

as Mr. Blackthorn

Arthur Kelly

as Grease remover seller

Siobhan Nicholas

as Chickweed seller

Robin Meredith

as Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson

as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes

as Stage actress

Nora Connolly

as Stage actress

John Dalby

as Stage actor

Ron Emslie

as Stage actor

Knight Mantell

as Stage actor

Mark Arnold

as Stage actor

Michael Feast

as Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern

as Mr. Tatham

John McEnery

as Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson

as Bob

Graham Fletcher-Cook

as Whistling Billy

Nick Edmett

as Grease buyer

Michael Medwin

as Mr. Wells

Maria Charles

as The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley

as Mrs. Harris

Preston Lockwood

as Mr. Benjamin

James Cairncross

as Mr. Trott

John Harding

as Mr. Priddle

Chris Darwin

as Theatre doorman

Nicolas Tennant

as Curley

David Keyes

as Tom

George Savvides

as Mr. Nick

Cyril Cusack

as The Ballad Seller

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