The Fool

1990

Official Website

Drama

7.0

December 7, 1990

2h 20m

Official Website

Synopsis

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.

Info

Original Title

The Fool

Spoken Languages

English

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Budget

$7,600,000

Revenue

$79,139

Production & Crew

Production Companies

Sands Films, Film Four International, British Screen

Director

Christine Edzard

Writer

Christine Edzard, Olivier Stockman

Producer

Richard Goodwin, Christine Edzard

Composer

N/A

Screenplay

N/A

Production & Crew

Production Companies

Director

Writer

Producer

Composer

Screenplay

Cast

Derek Jacobi

Role: Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke

Role: Lord Paramount

Julian Firth

Role:

John Tams

Role:

Ian Targett

Role:

Paddy Ward

Role:

Jo Warne

Role:

Chris Whittingham

Role:

Rory Murray

Role: Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave

Role: Sir Thomas Neathouse

Sally Ashby

Role:

Brenda Bruce

Role:

Cindy Oswin

Role:

Bernard Padden

Role:

Emma Piper

Role:

John Warner

Role:

Roger Hammond

Role: Augustus Roddick

Alec Wallis

Role: Marquess

Marty Cruikshank

Role:

Cordelia Ditton

Role:

Susan Field

Role:

Graham Seed

Role:

Stanley Lloyd

Role:

Hilary Sesta

Role:

Murray Melvin

Role: Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil

Role: Sir Martin Locket

John Atkinson

Role:

Una Brandon-Jones

Role:

James Greene

Role:

Zoe Hicks

Role:

Brian Poyser

Role:

Norman Lumsden

Role:

Richard Clifford

Role: George Locket

Bill Wallis

Role: Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Rosalind Adler

Role:

Rex Doyle

Role:

Reginald Jessup

Role:

Christine Pilgrim

Role:

Joanna Maude

Role:

Amanda Wenban

Role:

Hugh Lloyd

Role: Viscount

Frederick Treves

Role: Samuel Simpson

Ben Aris

Role:

Gregory Floy

Role:

Howard Goorney

Role:

Christopher Good

Role:

Petra Markham

Role:

Ian Lindsay

Role:

Irina Brook

Role: Georgiana Shillibeer

Sarah Flind

Role:

Penny Bunton

Role:

Julian Bleach

Role:

Jean Murphy

Role:

Fiona McAlpine

Role:

Anne Romyn

Role:

Ann-Marie Gwatkin

Role: Emily

James Cosmo

Role: Mr. Bowring

Terence Conoley

Role:

James Coyle

Role:

Stephen Daltry

Role:

Kit Jackson

Role:

Giles Oldershaw

Role:

David Trevena

Role:

Miriam Margolyes

Role: Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough

Role: Mr. Croker

Iain Andrew

Role:

Mara Purcell

Role:

Eric Francis

Role:

Jack Gittings

Role:

Bill Stewart

Role:

Peter Wyatt

Role:

Ian Gelder

Role: Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims

Role: Lady Daphne

Beth Ellis

Role:

Janet Henfrey

Role:

Merelina Kendall

Role:

Charmian May

Role:

Madeleine Moffat

Role:

Phillada Sewell

Role:

Dilys Hamlett

Role: Lady Emma

Maria Aitken

Role: Lady Amelia

Laura Cox

Role:

Sally Faulkner

Role:

Tamsin Heatley

Role:

Darlene Johnson

Role:

Kristin Milward

Role:

Jane Wymark

Role:

Auriol Smith

Role: Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns

Role: Arthur Shillibeer

Leon Davis

Role:

James Grant

Role:

Richard Graydon

Role:

Bruce Green

Role:

Patricia Napier

Role:

Peter Stockbridge

Role:

Richard Caldicot

Role: Duke

Patricia Hayes

Role: The Dowager Duchess

Ruth Mitchell

Role: The Girl

Jim Carter

Role: Mr. Blackthorn

Arthur Kelly

Role: Grease remover seller

Tony Frey

Role:

Irene Frederick

Role:

Siobhan Nicholas

Role: Chickweed seller

Robin Meredith

Role: Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson

Role: Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes

Role: Stage actress

Nora Connolly

Role: Stage actress

John Dalby

Role: Stage actor

Ron Emslie

Role: Stage actor

Knight Mantell

Role: Stage actor

Mark Arnold

Role: Stage actor

Michael Feast

Role: Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern

Role: Mr. Tatham

Peter Bailie

Role:

Jan Lower

Role:

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

Role:

John Moore

Role:

Malcolm Mudie

Role:

Simon Slater

Role:

John McEnery

Role: Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson

Role: Bob

Michael Andrew

Role:

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Role: Whistling Billy

David Grahame

Role:

Kenneth McClellan

Role:

John Tordoff

Role:

Robert Terson

Role:

Nick Edmett

Role: Grease buyer

Michael Medwin

Role: Mr. Wells

Raymond Brody

Role:

Ronnie Brody

Role:

Alan Ford

Role:

Mark Lambert

Role:

Stewart Permutt

Role:

Peter Waddington

Role:

Maria Charles

Role: The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley

Role: Mrs. Harris

Ewen Bremner

Role:

Ron Cook

Role:

Christopher Hancock

Role: Joe

Jessica James

Role:

Linda Kerr Scott

Role:

David Sterne

Role:

Preston Lockwood

Role: Mr. Benjamin

James Cairncross

Role: Mr. Trott

Maurice Elliot

Role:

Richard Henry

Role:

John Fahey

Role:

David Glover

Role:

Robert Putt

Role:

David Pugh

Role:

John Harding

Role: Mr. Priddle

Chris Darwin

Role: Theatre doorman

Christine Ellerbeck

Role:

Harry Jones

Role:

Colleen McClure

Role:

John Tramper

Role:

Nicholas Tennant

Role: Curley

Charlie Bartle

Role:

Fred Beauman

Role:

Stephen Boyes

Role:

Johnnie Clayton

Role:

David Keyes

Role: Tom

Dominic Geary

Role:

Philip Gunderson

Role:

Ray Martin

Role:

Terry John

Role:

Arthur Nightingale

Role:

Harry Klein

Role:

George Savvides

Role: Mr. Nick

John Quarmby

Role:

Harry Webster

Role:

Dawn Charatan

Role:

Joan Dainty

Role:

Deddie Davies

Role:

Mark Knox

Role:

Dominic Martinez

Role:

Stephen Rashbrook

Role:

Vince Starr

Role:

Paul Wilce

Role:

Michael Mears

Role:

Cyril Cusack

Role: The Ballad Seller

Cast

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Cast

Derek Jacobi

Role: Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke

Role: Lord Paramount

Julian Firth

Role:

John Tams

Role:

Ian Targett

Role:

Paddy Ward

Role:

Jo Warne

Role:

Chris Whittingham

Role:

Rory Murray

Role: Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave

Role: Sir Thomas Neathouse

Sally Ashby

Role:

Brenda Bruce

Role:

Cindy Oswin

Role:

Bernard Padden

Role:

Emma Piper

Role:

John Warner

Role:

Roger Hammond

Role: Augustus Roddick

Alec Wallis

Role: Marquess

Marty Cruikshank

Role:

Cordelia Ditton

Role:

Susan Field

Role:

Graham Seed

Role:

Stanley Lloyd

Role:

Hilary Sesta

Role:

Murray Melvin

Role: Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil

Role: Sir Martin Locket

John Atkinson

Role:

Una Brandon-Jones

Role:

James Greene

Role:

Zoe Hicks

Role:

Brian Poyser

Role:

Norman Lumsden

Role:

Richard Clifford

Role: George Locket

Bill Wallis

Role: Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Rosalind Adler

Role:

Rex Doyle

Role:

Reginald Jessup

Role:

Christine Pilgrim

Role:

Joanna Maude

Role:

Amanda Wenban

Role:

Hugh Lloyd

Role: Viscount

Frederick Treves

Role: Samuel Simpson

Ben Aris

Role:

Gregory Floy

Role:

Howard Goorney

Role:

Christopher Good

Role:

Petra Markham

Role:

Ian Lindsay

Role:

Irina Brook

Role: Georgiana Shillibeer

Sarah Flind

Role:

Penny Bunton

Role:

Julian Bleach

Role:

Jean Murphy

Role:

Fiona McAlpine

Role:

Anne Romyn

Role:

Ann-Marie Gwatkin

Role: Emily

James Cosmo

Role: Mr. Bowring

Terence Conoley

Role:

James Coyle

Role:

Stephen Daltry

Role:

Kit Jackson

Role:

Giles Oldershaw

Role:

David Trevena

Role:

Miriam Margolyes

Role: Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough

Role: Mr. Croker

Iain Andrew

Role:

Mara Purcell

Role:

Eric Francis

Role:

Jack Gittings

Role:

Bill Stewart

Role:

Peter Wyatt

Role:

Ian Gelder

Role: Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims

Role: Lady Daphne

Beth Ellis

Role:

Janet Henfrey

Role:

Merelina Kendall

Role:

Charmian May

Role:

Madeleine Moffat

Role:

Phillada Sewell

Role:

Dilys Hamlett

Role: Lady Emma

Maria Aitken

Role: Lady Amelia

Laura Cox

Role:

Sally Faulkner

Role:

Tamsin Heatley

Role:

Darlene Johnson

Role:

Kristin Milward

Role:

Jane Wymark

Role:

Auriol Smith

Role: Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns

Role: Arthur Shillibeer

Leon Davis

Role:

James Grant

Role:

Richard Graydon

Role:

Bruce Green

Role:

Patricia Napier

Role:

Peter Stockbridge

Role:

Richard Caldicot

Role: Duke

Patricia Hayes

Role: The Dowager Duchess

Ruth Mitchell

Role: The Girl

Jim Carter

Role: Mr. Blackthorn

Arthur Kelly

Role: Grease remover seller

Tony Frey

Role:

Irene Frederick

Role:

Siobhan Nicholas

Role: Chickweed seller

Robin Meredith

Role: Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson

Role: Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes

Role: Stage actress

Nora Connolly

Role: Stage actress

John Dalby

Role: Stage actor

Ron Emslie

Role: Stage actor

Knight Mantell

Role: Stage actor

Mark Arnold

Role: Stage actor

Michael Feast

Role: Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern

Role: Mr. Tatham

Peter Bailie

Role:

Jan Lower

Role:

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

Role:

John Moore

Role:

Malcolm Mudie

Role:

Simon Slater

Role:

John McEnery

Role: Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson

Role: Bob

Michael Andrew

Role:

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Role: Whistling Billy

David Grahame

Role:

Kenneth McClellan

Role:

John Tordoff

Role:

Robert Terson

Role:

Nick Edmett

Role: Grease buyer

Michael Medwin

Role: Mr. Wells

Raymond Brody

Role:

Ronnie Brody

Role:

Alan Ford

Role:

Mark Lambert

Role:

Stewart Permutt

Role:

Peter Waddington

Role:

Maria Charles

Role: The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley

Role: Mrs. Harris

Ewen Bremner

Role:

Ron Cook

Role:

Christopher Hancock

Role: Joe

Jessica James

Role:

Linda Kerr Scott

Role:

David Sterne

Role:

Preston Lockwood

Role: Mr. Benjamin

James Cairncross

Role: Mr. Trott

Maurice Elliot

Role:

Richard Henry

Role:

John Fahey

Role:

David Glover

Role:

Robert Putt

Role:

David Pugh

Role:

John Harding

Role: Mr. Priddle

Chris Darwin

Role: Theatre doorman

Christine Ellerbeck

Role:

Harry Jones

Role:

Colleen McClure

Role:

John Tramper

Role:

Nicholas Tennant

Role: Curley

Charlie Bartle

Role:

Fred Beauman

Role:

Stephen Boyes

Role:

Johnnie Clayton

Role:

David Keyes

Role: Tom

Dominic Geary

Role:

Philip Gunderson

Role:

Ray Martin

Role:

Terry John

Role:

Arthur Nightingale

Role:

Harry Klein

Role:

George Savvides

Role: Mr. Nick

John Quarmby

Role:

Harry Webster

Role:

Dawn Charatan

Role:

Joan Dainty

Role:

Deddie Davies

Role:

Mark Knox

Role:

Dominic Martinez

Role:

Stephen Rashbrook

Role:

Vince Starr

Role:

Paul Wilce

Role:

Michael Mears

Role:

Cyril Cusack

Role: The Ballad Seller