The Fool
2 hours 20 minutes1990-12-07
7.0
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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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//htc4eCYmNlVotcu8AFTbDiLBzsJ.jpg)
Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
![Paul Brooke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2NYNzLYcHKD6EnucEPj2Sh1GTVJ.jpg)
Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
![Julian Firth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3PrG3eOAXFRvzZm5jLHwYwCs8RT.jpg)
Julian Firth
![John Tams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sVOzTUaBS7TdbArthpeYwmJaXJn.jpg)
John Tams
![Ian Targett](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ian Targett
![Paddy Ward](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Paddy Ward
![Jo Warne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jo Warne
![Chris Whittingham](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chris Whittingham
![Rory Murray](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway
![Corin Redgrave](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qUWLc5RRhKyoVXEZin2NI7zCxH8.jpg)
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
![Sally Ashby](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sally Ashby
![Brenda Bruce](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rVtITrNFfVxeDzOQshmZA6xPLaM.jpg)
Brenda Bruce
![Cindy Oswin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Cindy Oswin
![Bernard Padden](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bernard Padden
![Emma Piper](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Emma Piper
![John Warner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xXHLUOgOUjKEJlemXs0IDqGzr67.jpg)
John Warner
![Roger Hammond](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7HYiv8lqGJPILsjPicVBIIa5HOR.jpg)
Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
![Alec Wallis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alec Wallis
Marquess
![Marty Cruikshank](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hIkZbj0Bn60st2zqdmrrnzgNxfW.jpg)
Marty Cruikshank
![Cordelia Ditton](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Cordelia Ditton
![Susan Field](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Susan Field
![Graham Seed](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Graham Seed
![Stanley Lloyd](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stanley Lloyd
![Hilary Sesta](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hilary Sesta
![Murray Melvin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//coG9ZUSmHqJ6o6ATGS38BW9FevW.jpg)
Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle
![Jonathan Cecil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hkAQ1s6dZH5JlURcbSpvPyQ6Efo.jpg)
Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket
![John Atkinson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Atkinson
![Una Brandon-Jones](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Una Brandon-Jones
![James Greene](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Greene
![Zoe Hicks](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Zoe Hicks
![Brian Poyser](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Brian Poyser
![Norman Lumsden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//asByOPaN0IuYC23bgvkshV8VqiU.jpg)
Norman Lumsden
![Richard Clifford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2aIJ0omA2KlicAyo7C6xkzi8LGZ.jpg)
Richard Clifford
George Locket
![Bill Wallis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sFKslQUYPzIL6T50ZBvZW3nKuFn.jpg)
Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
![Rosalind Adler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//A5Dllockt2rq1yOuAbOvZaDsk5U.jpg)
Rosalind Adler
![Rex Doyle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rex Doyle
![Reginald Jessup](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Reginald Jessup
![Christine Pilgrim](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Christine Pilgrim
![Joanna Maude](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joanna Maude
![Amanda Wenban](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Amanda Wenban
![Hugh Lloyd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1kUCSbU7802Waqb6a2pI2p2cZwu.jpg)
Hugh Lloyd
Viscount
![Frederick Treves](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson
![Ben Aris](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ben Aris
![Gregory Floy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jwVw8sdWJf0Zn3lzJiuQJyRliKE.jpg)
Gregory Floy
![Howard Goorney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vvhxKuBn9IsaHvXr7Qe8fmdTB2R.jpg)
Howard Goorney
![Christopher Good](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iH9Hq2jJst0IF7NpOocfq2jL0Ce.jpg)
Christopher Good
![Petra Markham](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fG9MLfTNYzocGpDhZ0Snax9eLvz.jpg)
Petra Markham
![Ian Lindsay](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ijcdQ5UqhaffuqLldm3GwOMnyMp.jpg)
Ian Lindsay
![Irina Brook](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer
![Sarah Flind](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lBa8fpzY0sUsfU10PjE7VWsEbvB.jpg)
Sarah Flind
![Penny Bunton](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Penny Bunton
![Julian Bleach](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bLgrVbB17jYhqwu9OYHWZdcQueA.jpg)
Julian Bleach
![Jean Murphy](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jean Murphy
![Fiona McAlpine](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fiona McAlpine
![Anne Romyn](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Anne Romyn
![Ann-Marie Gwatkin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ann-Marie Gwatkin
Emily
![James Cosmo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yNZLoDlGmsQfvqK53yFiCMsknp0.jpg)
James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring
![Terence Conoley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Terence Conoley
![James Coyle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Coyle
![Stephen Daltry](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stephen Daltry
![Kit Jackson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kit Jackson
![Giles Oldershaw](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Giles Oldershaw
![David Trevena](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
David Trevena
![Miriam Margolyes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//q73xMZveDogt3e5uFknWMExLIyH.jpg)
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring
![Philip McGough](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mj1g4QV2zxgBzIC1ODYsdXlIfYS.jpg)
Philip McGough
Mr. Croker
![Iain Andrew](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Iain Andrew
![Mara Purcell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mara Purcell
![Eric Francis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eric Francis
![Jack Gittings](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Gittings
![Bill Stewart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yUtmupQO9oRaz6NowP5LCqp3cyo.jpg)
Bill Stewart
![Peter Wyatt](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Wyatt
![Ian Gelder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j2XFWivkKcMVKrsyyT2CadqR9YL.jpg)
Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs
![Joan Sims](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zlqfbnRk85lAqt5ouKdA0JiQZRG.jpg)
Joan Sims
Lady Daphne
![Beth Ellis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Beth Ellis
![Janet Henfrey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5Qu5XwphEhpLjdAPaTBIoQs0uKB.jpg)
Janet Henfrey
![Merelina Kendall](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Merelina Kendall
![Charmian May](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charmian May
![Madeleine Moffat](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Madeleine Moffat
![Phillada Sewell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Phillada Sewell
![Dilys Hamlett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pCFIxvcHFCHeoQz30pbM9TP9zcG.jpg)
Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma
![Maria Aitken](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//68hYz23dvcanehgrkgEis3yn0L7.jpg)
Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia
![Laura Cox](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Laura Cox
![Sally Faulkner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kZcqmDXFzw6zQcH6bwqvSdHUEzR.jpg)
Sally Faulkner
![Tamsin Heatley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tamsin Heatley
![Darlene Johnson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//r6D1DKFy7VLGWpKTk3c45tx0Ils.jpg)
Darlene Johnson
![Kristin Milward](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kristin Milward
![Jane Wymark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tBJSyVMol8invbX7uQJtbHArf7l.jpg)
Jane Wymark
![Auriol Smith](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Auriol Smith
Lady Augusta
![Stratford Johns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ab1HO2yR8dY4tDNcqmR761jQtAR.jpg)
Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer
![Leon Davis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Leon Davis
![James Grant](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Grant
![Richard Graydon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8T9i8DUKbk8pco4UG5KjzKWLnZX.jpg)
Richard Graydon
![Bruce Green](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bruce Green
![Patricia Napier](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Patricia Napier
![Peter Stockbridge](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Stockbridge
![Richard Caldicot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nSAHmkTjD9A21J0dFXXd24rH277.jpg)
Richard Caldicot
Duke
![Patricia Hayes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6XFwNMFX81TJOvY5k5V0rUANQL.jpg)
Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess
![Ruth Mitchell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ruth Mitchell
The Girl
![Jim Carter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//okiL3gc0mNqP0kPfMQHHvFjKnHb.jpg)
Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn
![Arthur Kelly](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Arthur Kelly
Grease remover seller
![Tony Frey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tony Frey
![Irene Frederick](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Irene Frederick
![Siobhan Nicholas](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Siobhan Nicholas
Chickweed seller
![Robin Meredith](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robin Meredith
Crossing sweep
![Miranda Richardson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2IEW3fxqHb4AHBl5xU8JuipJbNK.jpg)
Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
![Joanna Brookes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oimvZAtOxACCBgxdgxvcioHl2Jv.jpg)
Joanna Brookes
Stage actress
![Nora Connolly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ykcf5MyPd9BIBNCKjzjmqnjZf2a.jpg)
Nora Connolly
Stage actress
![John Dalby](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Dalby
Stage actor
![Ron Emslie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ron Emslie
Stage actor
![Knight Mantell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Knight Mantell
Stage actor
![Mark Arnold](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dTfoxBUC6jpZry0ijlS8g4Y5cuS.jpg)
Mark Arnold
Stage actor
![Michael Feast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uktan01EPcRkFgmZz3dklN9bhQD.jpg)
Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin
![Michael Hordern](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bdnxQrWH4hM7jo8fzGpcqSQeCSq.jpg)
Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham
![Peter Bailie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Bailie
![Jan Lower](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jan Lower
![Pamela Moiseiwitsch](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
![John Moore](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Moore
![Malcolm Mudie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Malcolm Mudie
![Simon Slater](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Simon Slater
![John McEnery](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vzVsCjZlsejxLx65fsHczRfsBJe.jpg)
John McEnery
Mr. Maclean
![Don Henderson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//93Zcpxng8e4aACOgsjU5i727oQc.jpg)
Don Henderson
Bob
![Michael Andrew](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5eGewyKKqD91P11tYGpBaDAKgo2.jpg)
Michael Andrew
![Graham Fletcher-Cook](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy
![David Grahame](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
David Grahame
![Kenneth McClellan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kenneth McClellan
![John Tordoff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3fscAB5btN8ASGL4dF45emPXohp.jpg)
John Tordoff
![Robert Terson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robert Terson
![Nick Edmett](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nick Edmett
Grease buyer
![Michael Medwin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ta4gIRV6JnbT9CEH8XJDTdCJJeR.jpg)
Michael Medwin
Mr. Wells
![Raymond Brody](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Raymond Brody
![Ronnie Brody](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3PR6LIXMIhjhiGfdg6OzJsvxFLx.jpg)
Ronnie Brody
![Alan Ford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nSlngfcFsCPENxiqCwZnB1twKuC.jpg)
Alan Ford
![Mark Lambert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mHxSviZSUGqSs9rQVSeMLJebPXc.jpg)
Mark Lambert
![Stewart Permutt](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stewart Permutt
![Peter Waddington](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Waddington
![Maria Charles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cecGKLGvC54zSC4ctRlaIMxocWe.jpg)
Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer
![Rosalie Crutchley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vD9P3GX8Wcx1WYusdShyVJqTN3Y.jpg)
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Harris
![Ewen Bremner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//d8ZVdFiJHRl43tApt2w43Ha6prf.jpg)
Ewen Bremner
![Ron Cook](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bYJ2x9FfQobon2Iai5CvoLgv1U5.jpg)
Ron Cook
![Christopher Hancock](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Christopher Hancock
Joe
![Jessica James](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5T1sOLdCpjC5jCm0a7KW2MGyW1G.jpg)
Jessica James
![Linda Kerr Scott](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ozN2PQi9XAgMdJ16nME54OXAECn.jpg)
Linda Kerr Scott
![David Sterne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ipvWDt43Md5CHeq4tDq6oucNFl5.jpg)
David Sterne
![Preston Lockwood](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Preston Lockwood
Mr. Benjamin
![James Cairncross](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Cairncross
Mr. Trott
![Maurice Elliot](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Maurice Elliot
![Richard Henry](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Richard Henry
![John Fahey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Fahey
![David Glover](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
David Glover
![Robert Putt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sfmTMHjjeRhgnOhSsN7mUiQWXWt.jpg)
Robert Putt
![David Pugh](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
David Pugh
![John Harding](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Harding
Mr. Priddle
![Chris Darwin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chris Darwin
Theatre doorman
![Christine Ellerbeck](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Christine Ellerbeck
![Harry Jones](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Harry Jones
![Colleen McClure](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Colleen McClure
![John Tramper](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Tramper
![Nicolas Tennant](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nicolas Tennant
Curley
![Charlie Bartle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charlie Bartle
![Fred Beauman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fred Beauman
![Stephen Boyes](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stephen Boyes
![Johnnie Clayton](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Johnnie Clayton
![David Keyes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9Jiw2X1e4zSE5SmXjvGghfD34Ne.jpg)
David Keyes
Tom
![Dominic Geary](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dominic Geary
![Philip Gunderson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Philip Gunderson
![Ray Martin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ray Martin
![Terry John](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Terry John
![Arthur Nightingale](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Arthur Nightingale
![Harry Klein](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Harry Klein
![George Savvides](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qz0SUfSMJ4bB1QfU5yB8xPgiAWl.jpg)
George Savvides
Mr. Nick
![John Quarmby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//n0zJjFxs0vJrPQQWqgrlLVRSEaX.jpg)
John Quarmby
![Harry Webster](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Harry Webster
![Dawn Charatan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dawn Charatan
![Joan Dainty](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joan Dainty
![Deddie Davies](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Deddie Davies
![Mark Knox](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mark Knox
![Dominic Martinez](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dominic Martinez
![Stephen Rashbrook](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6kPecykES1JKmYBtXl9wKGqhCMj.jpg)
Stephen Rashbrook
![Vince Starr](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vince Starr
![Paul Wilce](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Paul Wilce
![Michael Mears](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//h2g6GLAIqZBXltY0ze6nF3xX9HW.jpg)
Michael Mears
![Cyril Cusack](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hy340n3PsijAftH2LGg98aYGTZl.jpg)