The Fool (1990)
2h 20m
Running Time
December 7, 1990Release Date
The Fool (1990)
2h 20m
Running Time
December 7, 1990Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
Julian Firth
John Tams
Ian Targett
Paddy Ward
Jo Warne
Chris Whittingham
Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Christopher Whittingham
Actor
Sally Ashby
Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
Alec Wallis
Marquess
Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle
Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket
Richard Clifford
George Locket
Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Hugh Lloyd
Viscount
Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson
Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer
Ann-Marie Gwatkin
Emily
James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring
Philip McGough
Mr. Croker
Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs
Joan Sims
Lady Daphne
Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma
Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia
Auriol Smith
Lady Augusta
Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer
Richard Caldicot
Duke
Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess
Ruth Mitchell
The Girl
Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn
Arthur Kelly
Grease remover seller
Siobhan Nicholas
Chickweed seller
Robin Meredith
Crossing sweep
Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Joanna Brookes
Stage actress
Nora Connolly
Stage actress
John Dalby
Stage actor
Ron Emslie
Stage actor
Knight Mantell
Stage actor
Mark Arnold
Stage actor
Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin
Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham
John McEnery
Mr. Maclean
Don Henderson
Bob
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy
Nick Edmett
Grease buyer
Michael Medwin
Mr. Wells
Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Harris
Christopher Hancock
Joe
Preston Lockwood
Mr. Benjamin
James Cairncross
Mr. Trott
John Harding
Mr. Priddle
Chris Darwin
Theatre doorman
Nicolas Tennant
Curley
David Keyes
Tom
George Savvides
Mr. Nick
Cyril Cusack
The Ballad Seller
Christine Edzard
Director / Writer / Art Direction / Producer
Olivier Stockman
Writer / Editor / Sets & Props Artist / Other
Michel Sanvoisin
Original Music Composer
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography / Lighting Technician
Celia Bannerman
Casting / Other / Associate Producer
John Tyler
Presenter
Dave Goodie
Thanks
David Wilmore
Thanks
Salo Gardner
Thanks
Iris Rougler
Thanks
Brian Wynne
Colorist
Terry Lee
Colorist
Frank Reid
Colorist
Daniel Meadows
Still Photographer
John McMillan
Sets & Props Artist
Terry Thompson
Sets & Props Artist
Alan Hausmann
Sets & Props Artist
Alan Weeks
Sets & Props Artist
Ronnie Barlow
Sets & Props Artist
Albert Grassi
Sets & Props Artist
Peter Cheesman
Sets & Props Artist
Neale Brown
Sets & Props Artist
Richard Feroze
Sets & Props Artist
Bill Clayton
Sets & Props Artist
Jim Thompson
Sets & Props Artist
Justin Grassi
Sets & Props Artist
Billy Hoven
Sets & Props Artist
Hugh Doherty
Sets & Props Artist
Mark Sonnex
Sets & Props Artist
Mary McGowan
Sets & Props Artist
Charlie McMillan
Sets & Props Artist
Peter Seater
Sets & Props Artist
Janis Barlow
Sets & Props Artist
Robert Bray
Sets & Props Artist
Adam Clarkson
Sets & Props Artist
Jennifer Moseley
Sets & Props Artist
Johanna Sonnex
Sets & Props Artist
Annabel Hands
Sets & Props Artist
Rotislav Doboujinsky
Sets & Props Artist
Tony Alcock
Sets & Props Artist
Sarah Alcock
Sets & Props Artist
Simon Clarkson
Sets & Props Artist
Sabine Duthil
Sets & Props Artist
Emma Thistlethwaite
Sets & Props Artist
John Evans
Sets & Props Artist
Clare Wilkinson
Sets & Props Artist
Catherine Goodley
Sets & Props Artist
Stephanie Gwatkin
Sets & Props Artist
John Barratt
Sets & Props Artist
Caroline Gardner
Sets & Props Artist
Jo Measure
Sets & Props Artist
Toppet Moore
Sets & Props Artist
Helen Pettit
Sets & Props Artist
Matthew Shrubb
Sets & Props Artist
Judith Thorp
Sets & Props Artist
Barbara Sonnex
Costumer
Sarah Bennie
Costumer
Joyce Carter
Costumer
Jayne Lambert
Costumer
Shirley Nevin
Costumer
Linda James
Costumer
Diane Wren
Costumer
Harry Ellam
Costumer
Carrie Bayliss
Costumer
Jacky Green
Costumer
Lilla Griffin
Costumer
Annette Heron
Costumer
Iona Kenrick
Costumer
Doris Philpott
Costumer
Julie Yule
Costumer
Marion Weise
Costumer
Pam Meager
Hairdresser
Sam Bear
Hairdresser
Delia Latham
Hairdresser
Liz Michie
Hairdresser
Elizabeth Moss
Hairdresser
Sally Neale
Hairdresser
Lisa Barlow
Other
Tana Berry
Other
Louise Brooks
Other
Sabine Goodwin
Other
John Griffin
Other
Colin Wilcox
Other
Trevor Mathurin
Other
Trevor Ingman
Other
Tina Barr
Other
Emma Burge
Other
Rita Dean
Other
Charlotte Darwin
Other
Jonny Kurzman
Other
Norman Swindell
Other
Linda Gregory
Other
Rosie Canavan
Other
Karen Finch
Other
Jacqui Fitzsimmons
Other
Molly Hoven
Other
David Johnson
Other
Frances Lynch
Other
Ray Julian
Other
Karen Kelly
Other
John Thompson
Other
Godfrey Kirby
Sound
Tim Watts
Sound
Geoffrey Simm
Sound
Margaret Barrett
Sound
Paul Carr
Sound
Brian Paxton
Sound
Mick Mason
Camera Technician
Paul Evans
Camera Technician
Michaela Mason
Camera Technician
Malcolm May
Camera Technician
Mark Moriarty
Camera Technician
John Fletcher
Camera Technician
Jack Collins
Lighting Technician
Chris Mortley
Lighting Technician
Ray Wardley
Lighting Technician
Colin Vinton
Lighting Technician
Richard Goodwin
Producer
Henry Mayhew
Original Concept
Fraser Maclean
Sets & Props Artist
Janet Henfrey
Irene Frederick
Tony Frey
James Grant
Leon Davis
Madeleine Moffat
Charlie Bartle
Charmian May
Merelina Kendall
Peter Bailie
David Sterne
Maurice Elliot
Christine Ellerbeck
Paul Wilce
Harry Jones
John Tramper
Colleen McClure
Stephen Boyes
Johnnie Clayton
Dominic Geary
Joan Dainty
Deddie Davies
Mark Knox
Dominic Martinez
Susan Field
Cordelia Ditton
Cindy Oswin
Brenda Bruce
Howard Goorney
Christine Pilgrim
Una Brandon-Jones
John Atkinson
Marty Cruikshank
Stephen Daltry
James Coyle
Christopher Good
Ian Lindsay
Petra Markham
John Warner
Emma Piper
Darlene Johnson
David Pugh
Patricia Napier
John Quarmby
Fiona McAlpine
Harry Klein
Arthur Nightingale
Terry John
Robert Putt
Bruce Green
Jane Wymark
Kristin Milward
Tamsin Heatley
Sally Faulkner
Anne Romyn
Richard Graydon
John Fahey
Philip Gunderson
Vince Starr
Kenneth McClellan
Eric Francis
Jack Gittings
Bill Stewart
Peter Wyatt
Laura Cox
Stewart Permutt
Mark Lambert
Alan Ford
Ronnie Brody
Raymond Brody
Terence Conoley
Phillada Sewell
Richard Henry
Details.
Release DateDecember 7, 1990
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 20m
Budget$7,600,000
Box Office$79,139
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
woman director
victorian england
social satire
double identity
financial fraud
Wiki.
The Fool is a 1990 British film set in Victorian England's world of finance directed by Christine Edzard and produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, from a script by Edzard and Olivier Stockman. It stars Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack, Ruth Mitchell, Maria Aitken, Irina Brook, Paul Brook and Miranda Richardson.
The camerawork was by British cinematographer Robin Vidgeon.
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