The Tichborne Claimant (1998)

The Tichborne Claimant (1998)

1998-08-01 United Kingdom 98 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Pugh is The Claimant
The Claimant
John Kani is Bogle
Stephen Fry is Hawkins
John Gielgud is Cockburn
Cockburn
Robert Hardy is Lord Rivers
Lord Rivers
Rachael Dowling is Mary Anne
Charles Gray is Arundell
Arundell
James Villiers is Uncle Henry
Uncle Henry
Dudley Sutton is Onslow Onslow
Onslow Onslow
Paola Dionisotti is The Dowager
The Dowager
Perry Fenwick is John Holmes
John Holmes
Tom McCabe is Keneally
Keneally