Movie Description
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Christine Edzard
- Producer : Richard Goodwin,Christine Edzard
- Writer : Olivier Stockman,Christine Edzard
- Editor : Olivier Stockman
- Cast : Derek Jacobi,Paul Brooke,Julian Firth,John Tams,Ian Targett,Paddy Ward,Jo Warne,Chris Whittingham,Rory Murray,Corin Redgrave,Sally Ashby,Brenda Bruce,Cindy Oswin,Bernard Padden,Emma Piper,John Warner,Roger Hammond,Alec Wallis,Marty Cruikshank,Cordelia Ditton,Susan Field,Graham Seed,Stanley Lloyd,Hilary Sesta,Murray Melvin,Jonathan Cecil,John Atkinson,Una Brandon-Jones,James Greene,Zoe Hicks,Brian Poyser,Norman Lumsden,Richard Clifford,Bill Wallis,Rosalind Adler,Rex Doyle,Reginald Jessup,Christine Pilgrim,Joanna Maude,Amanda Wenban,Hugh Lloyd,Frederick Treves,Ben Aris,Gregory Floy,Howard Goorney,Christopher Good,Petra Markham,Ian Lindsay,Irina Brook,Sarah Flind,Penny Bunton,Julian Bleach,Jean Murphy,Fiona McAlpine,Anne Romyn,Ann-Marie Gwatkin,James Cosmo,Terence Conoley,James Coyle,Stephen Daltry,Kit Jackson,Giles Oldershaw,David Trevena,Miriam Margolyes,Philip McGough,Iain Andrew,Mara Purcell,Eric Francis,Jack Gittings,Bill Stewart,Peter Wyatt,Ian Gelder,Joan Sims,Beth Ellis,Janet Henfrey,Merelina Kendall,Charmian May,Madeleine Moffat,Phillada Sewell,Dilys Hamlett,Maria Aitken,Laura Cox,Sally Faulkner,Tamsin Heatley,Darlene Johnson,Kristin Milward,Jane Wymark,Auriol Smith,Stratford Johns,Leon Davis,James Grant,Richard Graydon,Bruce Green,Patricia Napier,Peter Stockbridge,Richard Caldicot,Patricia Hayes,Ruth Mitchell,Jim Carter,Arthur Kelly,Tony Frey,Irene Frederick,Siobhan Nicholas,Robin Meredith,Miranda Richardson,Joanna Brookes,Nora Connolly,John Dalby,Ron Emslie,Knight Mantell,Mark Arnold,Michael Feast,Michael Hordern,Peter Bailie,Jan Lower,Pamela Moiseiwitsch,John Moore,Malcolm Mudie,Simon Slater,John McEnery,Don Henderson,Michael Andrew,Graham Fletcher-Cook,David Grahame,Kenneth McClellan,John Tordoff,Robert Terson,Nick Edmett,Michael Medwin,Raymond Brody,Ronnie Brody,Alan Ford,Mark Lambert,Stewart Permutt,Peter Waddington,Maria Charles,Rosalie Crutchley,Ewen Bremner,Ron Cook,Christopher Hancock,Jessica James,Linda Kerr Scott,David Sterne,Preston Lockwood,James Cairncross,Maurice Elliot,Richard Henry,John Fahey,David Glover,Robert Putt,David Pugh,John Harding,Chris Darwin,Christine Ellerbeck,Harry Jones,Colleen McClure,John Tramper,Nicolas Tennant,Charlie Bartle,Fred Beauman,Stephen Boyes,Johnnie Clayton,David Keyes,Dominic Geary,Philip Gunderson,Ray Martin,Terry John,Arthur Nightingale,Harry Klein,George Savvides,John Quarmby,Harry Webster,Dawn Charatan,Joan Dainty,Deddie Davies,Mark Knox,Dominic Martinez,Stephen Rashbrook,Vince Starr,Paul Wilce,Michael Mears,Cyril Cusack
Cast
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Lord Paramount
Henry Ottaway
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Augustus Roddick
Marquess
Jeremy Ruttle
Sir Martin Locket
George Locket
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Viscount
Samuel Simpson
Georgiana Shillibeer
Emily
Mr. Bowring
Mrs. Bowring
Mr. Croker
Henry Gibbs
Lady Daphne
Lady Emma
Lady Amelia
Lady Augusta
Arthur Shillibeer
Duke
The Dowager Duchess
The Girl
Mr. Blackthorn
Grease remover seller
Chickweed seller
Crossing sweep
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Stage actress
Stage actress
Stage actor
Stage actor
Stage actor
Stage actor
Mr. Edwin
Mr. Tatham
Mr. Maclean
Bob
Whistling Billy
Grease buyer
Mr. Wells
The Pure Gatherer
Mrs. Harris
Mr. Benjamin
Mr. Trott
Mr. Priddle
Theatre doorman
Curley
Tom
Mr. Nick
The Ballad Seller
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Facts
Original TitleThe Fool
Status Released
Release Information
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1990-12-07
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 20m
Budget₹ 7600000
Revenue₹ 79139
Homepagehttps://www.sandsfilms.co.uk/sands-own-productions/the-fool.html
Production CompaniesSands Films,Film Four International,British Screen
Genres
- Drama