The Tichborne Claimant
1998Based 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.
Acted in
Robert Pugh
as The Claimant
John Kani
as Bogle
Stephen Fry
as Hawkins
John Gielgud
as Cockburn
Robert Hardy
as Lord Rivers
Rachael Dowling
as Mary Anne
Charles Gray
as Arundell
James Villiers
as Uncle Henry
Dudley Sutton
as Onslow Onslow
Paola Dionisotti
as The Dowager
Perry Fenwick
as John Holmes
Tom McCabe
as Keneally
Christopher Benjamin
as Gibbes
Roger Hammond
as Cubitt
John Challis
as Rous the Landlord
Chas Bryer
as Bowker
Roger May
as Baigent
Anita Dobson
as Fanny Loder
Howard Lew Lewis
as The Hotel Manager
Ursula Howells
as Lady Doughty
Jennifer Hennessy
as Cousin Alicia
Matt Wilkinson
as Tom Hibbert
Iain Cuthbertson
as Dr. McKechnie
Tom Harrison
as Dowager's Priest
Gordon Langford Rowe
as Dr. Lipscome
Sion Tudor Owen
as Charles Orton
Joanna Swain
as Workhouse Matron
Ralph Nossek
as Workhouse Master
Richard Underwood
as Stage Doorkeeper
Sarah Sutcliffe
as Lizzie Holmes
Mike Ames
as Street Preacher
Vladimir Vega
as Tom Castro
Fiona Carnegie
as Dowager's Maid
David Crawford
as Court Usher