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The Tichborne Claimant (1999)

★ 8.0/10 98 min Drama United Kingdom English
Director: David Yates
Writer: Sukey Fisher
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh The Claimant
John Kani
John Kani Bogle
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry Hawkins
John Gielgud
John Gielgud Cockburn
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy Lord Rivers
Rachael Dowling Mary Anne
Charles Gray
Charles Gray Arundell
James Villiers
James Villiers Uncle Henry

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