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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.
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Bigger Picture Company, Isle of Man Film Commission, Swiftcall, Lionsgate UK
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Robert Pugh
The Claimant
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John Kani
Bogle
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Stephen Fry
Hawkins
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John Gielgud
Cockburn
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Robert Hardy
Lord Rivers
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Rachael Dowling
Mary Anne
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Charles Gray
Arundell
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James Villiers
Uncle Henry
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Dudley Sutton
Onslow Onslow
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Paola Dionisotti
The Dowager
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Perry Fenwick
John Holmes
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Tom McCabe
Keneally
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Christopher Benjamin
Gibbes
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Roger Hammond
Cubitt
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John Challis
Rous the Landlord
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Chas Bryer
Bowker
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Roger May
Baigent
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Anita Dobson
Fanny Loder
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Howard Lew Lewis
The Hotel Manager
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Ursula Howells
Lady Doughty
