The Tichborne Claimant

David Yates
1998-08-01


8
98 min

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

Name Character Team
Robert Pugh The Claimant Unowned
John Kani Bogle Unowned
Stephen Fry Hawkins Unowned
John Gielgud Cockburn Unowned
Robert Hardy Lord Rivers Unowned
Rachael Dowling Mary Anne Unowned
Charles Gray Arundell Unowned
James Villiers Uncle Henry Unowned
Dudley Sutton Onslow Onslow Unowned
Paola Dionisotti The Dowager Unowned
Perry Fenwick John Holmes Unowned
Tom McCabe Keneally Unowned
Christopher Benjamin Gibbes Unowned
Roger Hammond Cubitt Unowned
John Challis Rous the Landlord Unowned
Chas Bryer Bowker Unowned
Roger May Baigent Unowned
Anita Dobson Fanny Loder Unowned
Howard Lew Lewis The Hotel Manager Unowned
Ursula Howells Lady Doughty Unowned
Jennifer Hennessy Cousin Alicia Unowned
Matt Wilkinson Tom Hibbert Unowned
Iain Cuthbertson Dr. McKechnie Unowned
Tom Harrison Dowager's Priest Unowned
Gordon Langford Rowe Dr. Lipscome Unowned
Sion Tudor Owen Charles Orton Unowned
Joanna Swain Workhouse Matron Unowned
Ralph Nossek Workhouse Master Unowned
Richard Underwood Stage Doorkeeper Unowned
Sarah Sutcliffe Lizzie Holmes Unowned
Mike Ames Street Preacher Unowned
Vladimir Vega Tom Castro Unowned
Fiona Carnegie Dowager's Maid Unowned
David Crawford Court Usher Unowned