The Tichborne Claimant (1999)
Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.
Director: David Yates
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Robert Pugh as The Claimant |
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John Kani as Bogle |
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Stephen Fry as Hawkins |
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John Gielgud as Cockburn |
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Robert Hardy as Lord Rivers |
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Rachael Dowling as Mary Anne |
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Charles Gray as Arundell |
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James Villiers as Uncle Henry |
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Dudley Sutton as Onslow Onslow |
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Paola Dionisotti as The Dowager |
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Perry Fenwick as John Holmes |
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Tom McCabe as Keneally |
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Christopher Benjamin as Gibbes |
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Roger Hammond as Cubitt |
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John Challis as Rous the Landlord |
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Chas Bryer as Bowker |
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Roger May as Baigent |
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Anita Dobson as Fanny Loder |
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Howard Lew Lewis as The Hotel Manager |
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Ursula Howells as Lady Doughty |
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Jennifer Hennessy as Cousin Alicia |
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Matt Wilkinson as Tom Hibbert |
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Iain Cuthbertson as Dr. McKechnie |
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Tom Harrison as Dowager's Priest |
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Gordon Langford Rowe as Dr. Lipscome |
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Sion Tudor Owen as Charles Orton |
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Joanna Swain as Workhouse Matron |
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Ralph Nossek as Workhouse Master |
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Richard Underwood as Stage Doorkeeper |
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Sarah Sutcliffe as Lizzie Holmes |
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Mike Ames as Street Preacher |
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Vladimir Vega as Tom Castro |
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Fiona Carnegie as Dowager's Maid |
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David Crawford as Court Usher |
| Directing | David Yates | Director |
| Writing | Sukey Fisher | Writer |
| Production | Tom McCabe | Producer |
| Production | Christopher Payne | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ann Harrison-Baxter | Line Producer |
| Sound | Nicholas Hooper | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Peter Thwaites | Cinematography |
| Editing | Jamie Trevill | Editor |
| Production | Philip Keenan | Casting |
| Art | Brian Sykes | Production Design |
| Art | Alison Harvey | Art Direction |
| Art | Claire Rudkin | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pam Downe | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michele Baylis | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Gooch | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Steve Christian | Executive Producer |
| Production | James DeYoxall | Casting |
| Production | Beverley Keogh | Casting |
