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
Christopher Whittingham
Actor
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
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
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography / Lighting Technician
Celia Bannerman
Casting / Other / Associate Producer
Michel Sanvoisin
Original Music Composer
Terry Lee
Colorist
Peter Cheesman
Sets & Props Artist
Billy Hoven
Sets & Props Artist
Brian Wynne
Colorist
Richard Feroze
Sets & Props Artist
Jim Thompson
Sets & Props Artist
Charlie McMillan
Sets & Props Artist
Bill Clayton
Sets & Props Artist
Mark Sonnex
Sets & Props Artist
John Tyler
Presenter
Dave Goodie
Thanks
David Wilmore
Thanks
John McMillan
Sets & Props Artist
Salo Gardner
Thanks
Emma Thistlethwaite
Sets & Props Artist
John Barratt
Sets & Props Artist
Caroline Gardner
Sets & Props Artist
Joyce Carter
Costumer
Diane Wren
Costumer
Margaret Barrett
Sound
John Evans
Sets & Props Artist
Jacky Green
Costumer
Doris Philpott
Costumer
Delia Latham
Hairdresser
Molly Hoven
Other
Karen Kelly
Other
John Thompson
Other
Michaela Mason
Camera Technician
Mark Moriarty
Camera Technician
Daniel Meadows
Still Photographer
Albert Grassi
Sets & Props Artist
Jennifer Moseley
Sets & Props Artist
Matthew Shrubb
Sets & Props Artist
Carrie Bayliss
Costumer
Elizabeth Moss
Hairdresser
Louise Brooks
Other
Charlotte Darwin
Other
David Johnson
Other
Frances Lynch
Other
Ray Wardley
Lighting Technician
Richard Goodwin
Producer
Simon Clarkson
Sets & Props Artist
Sam Bear
Hairdresser
Lisa Barlow
Other
John Griffin
Other
Justin Grassi
Sets & Props Artist
Hugh Doherty
Sets & Props Artist
Adam Clarkson
Sets & Props Artist
Annabel Hands
Sets & Props Artist
Sabine Goodwin
Other
Jonny Kurzman
Other
Paul Carr
Sound
Brian Paxton
Sound
Neale Brown
Sets & Props Artist
Sabine Duthil
Sets & Props Artist
Harry Ellam
Costumer
Linda Gregory
Other
Jacqui Fitzsimmons
Other
Ray Julian
Other
Marion Weise
Costumer
Pam Meager
Hairdresser
Toppet Moore
Sets & Props Artist
Annette Heron
Costumer
Paul Evans
Camera Technician
John Fletcher
Camera Technician
Stephanie Gwatkin
Sets & Props Artist
Sarah Bennie
Costumer
Sally Neale
Hairdresser
Rosie Canavan
Other
Geoffrey Simm
Sound
Iris Rougler
Thanks
Frank Reid
Colorist
Janis Barlow
Sets & Props Artist
Robert Bray
Sets & Props Artist
Rotislav Doboujinsky
Sets & Props Artist
Judith Thorp
Sets & Props Artist
Iona Kenrick
Costumer
Tina Barr
Other
Godfrey Kirby
Sound
Jo Measure
Sets & Props Artist
Helen Pettit
Sets & Props Artist
Linda James
Costumer
Lilla Griffin
Costumer
Jack Collins
Lighting Technician
Alan Hausmann
Sets & Props Artist
Alan Weeks
Sets & Props Artist
Ronnie Barlow
Sets & Props Artist
Mary McGowan
Sets & Props Artist
Jayne Lambert
Costumer
Norman Swindell
Other
Malcolm May
Camera Technician
Catherine Goodley
Sets & Props Artist
Colin Wilcox
Other
Trevor Ingman
Other
Karen Finch
Other
Henry Mayhew
Original Concept
Terry Thompson
Sets & Props Artist
Peter Seater
Sets & Props Artist
Sarah Alcock
Sets & Props Artist
Barbara Sonnex
Costumer
Emma Burge
Other
Mick Mason
Camera Technician
Clare Wilkinson
Sets & Props Artist
Julie Yule
Costumer
Colin Vinton
Lighting Technician
Johanna Sonnex
Sets & Props Artist
Tony Alcock
Sets & Props Artist
Shirley Nevin
Costumer
Liz Michie
Hairdresser
Tana Berry
Other
Trevor Mathurin
Other
Rita Dean
Other
Tim Watts
Sound
Chris Mortley
Lighting Technician
Fraser Maclean
Sets & Props Artist
Charmian May
Merelina Kendall
Janet Henfrey
Beth Ellis
Mara Purcell
Iain Andrew
David Trevena
Giles Oldershaw
Jean Murphy
Christine Ellerbeck
Harry Jones
Colleen McClure
Stephen Boyes
Fred Beauman
Michael Andrew
Peter Wyatt
David Grahame
Petra Markham
Ian Lindsay
Christopher Good
James Coyle
Stephen Daltry
Kit Jackson
Marty Cruikshank
John Atkinson
Una Brandon-Jones
Christine Pilgrim
Howard Goorney
Brenda Bruce
Cindy Oswin
Cordelia Ditton
Susan Field
Graham Seed
Stanley Lloyd
James Greene
Joanna Maude
Reginald Jessup
Ben Aris
Anne Romyn
Terence Conoley
Stephen Rashbrook
Dawn Charatan
Harry Webster
David Glover
John Tordoff
Phillada Sewell
Peter Stockbridge
Patricia Napier
John Quarmby
Richard Henry
Harry Klein
Arthur Nightingale
Terry John
Robert Putt
Bruce Green
Jane Wymark
Kristin Milward
Tamsin Heatley
Sally Faulkner
Fiona McAlpine
Gregory Floy
Rex Doyle
Rosalind Adler
Vince Starr
Kenneth McClellan
Norman Lumsden
Johnnie Clayton
Dominic Geary
Joan Dainty
Deddie Davies
Mark Knox
Dominic Martinez
Michael Mears
Ray Martin
Jack Gittings
Eric Francis
Philip Gunderson
John Fahey
David Pugh
Peter Waddington
Stewart Permutt
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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