The Fool (1990)
Overview
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.
Cast
Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
Julian Firth
John Tams
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Brenda Bruce
John Warner
Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
Marty Cruikshank
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