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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Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
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Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
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Bridget Jones's Diary
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Julian Firth
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Patrick Melrose
Restless
John Tams
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Sharpe's Rifles
Ian Targett
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Babylon
Outlander
Paddy Ward
Known for
Casanova
Waking Ned
Jo Warne
Known for
EastEnders
Hammer House of Horror
Chris Whittingham
Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway
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Falling for a Dancer
The Brittas Empire
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
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In the Name of the Father
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Sally Ashby
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Tales of Beatrix Potter
Biddy
Brenda Bruce
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Peeping Tom
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Christine Edzard Director · Olivier Stockman Writer Michel Sanvoisin Composer
Worldwide gross $79K · Budget $7.6M · First release December 7, 1990
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Budget
$7,600,000
Worldwide gross
$79,139
Production
Sands Films
Production
Film Four International
Production
British Screen
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 7, 1990
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