The Tichborne Claimant (1998)

ALL 08/01/1998 (en) Drama 98 Min
  • Release
    08/01/1998
  • Production
    Redbus Film Distribution, Bigger Picture Company, Isle of Man Film Commission, Swiftcall
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    The Tichborne Claimant
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. David Yates

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jamie Trevill

    Editor

  4. Tom McCabe

    Producer



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  1. Robert Pugh

    The Claimant

  2. John Kani

    Bogle

  3. Stephen Fry

    Hawkins

  4. John Gielgud

    Cockburn

  5. Robert Hardy

    Lord Rivers

  6. Rachael Dowling

    Mary Anne

  7. Charles Gray

    Arundell

  8. James Villiers

    Uncle Henry

  9. Dudley Sutton

    Onslow Onslow

  10. Paola Dionisotti

    The Dowager

  11. Perry Fenwick

    John Holmes

  12. Tom McCabe

    Keneally

  13. Christopher Benjamin

    Gibbes

  14. Roger Hammond

    Cubitt

  15. John Challis

    Rous the Landlord

  16. Chas Bryer

    Bowker

  17. Roger May

    Baigent

  18. Anita Dobson

    Fanny Loder

  19. Howard Lew Lewis

    The Hotel Manager

  20. Ursula Howells

    Lady Doughty

  21. Jennifer Hennessy

    Cousin Alicia

  22. Matt Wilkinson

    Tom Hibbert

  23. Iain Cuthbertson

    Dr. McKechnie

  24. Tom Harrison

    Dowager's Priest

  25. Gordon Langford Rowe

    Dr. Lipscome

  26. Sion Tudor Owen

    Charles Orton

  27. Joanna Swain

    Workhouse Matron

  28. Ralph Nossek

    Workhouse Master

  29. Richard Underwood

    Stage Doorkeeper

  30. Sarah Sutcliffe

    Lizzie Holmes

  31. Mike Ames

    Street Preacher

  32. Vladimir Vega

    Tom Castro

  33. Fiona Carnegie

    Dowager's Maid

  34. David Crawford

    Court Usher

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 34 , Crews : 13

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The Tichborne Claimant (1998) 98 Min

ALL 08/01/1998 (en)
Drama
  • Release 08/01/1998
  • Production
    Redbus Film Distribution, Bigger Picture Company, Isle of Man Film Commission, Swiftcall
  • Original title The Tichborne Claimant
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. David Yates

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jamie Trevill

    Editor

  4. Tom McCabe

    Producer