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.
Genres:
Derek Jacobi as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul Brooke as Lord Paramount
Julian Firth as
John Tams as
Ian Targett as
Paddy Ward as
Jo Warne as
Chris Whittingham as
Rory Murray as Henry Ottaway
Corin Redgrave as Sir Thomas Neathouse
Sally Ashby as
Brenda Bruce as
Cindy Oswin as
Bernard Padden as
Emma Piper as
John Warner as
Roger Hammond as Augustus Roddick
Alec Wallis as Marquess
Marty Cruikshank as
Cordelia Ditton as
Susan Field as
Graham Seed as
Stanley Lloyd as
Hilary Sesta as
Murray Melvin as Jeremy Ruttle
Jonathan Cecil as Sir Martin Locket
John Atkinson as
Una Brandon-Jones as
James Greene as
Zoe Hicks as
Brian Poyser as
Norman Lumsden as
Richard Clifford as George Locket
Bill Wallis as Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Rosalind Adler as
Rex Doyle as
Reginald Jessup as
Christine Pilgrim as
Joanna Maude as
Amanda Wenban as
Hugh Lloyd as Viscount
Frederick Treves as Samuel Simpson
Ben Aris as
Gregory Floy as
Howard Goorney as
Christopher Good as
Petra Markham as
Ian Lindsay as
Irina Brook as Georgiana Shillibeer
Sarah Flind as
Penny Bunton as
Julian Bleach as
Jean Murphy as
Fiona McAlpine as
Anne Romyn as
Ann-Marie Gwatkin as Emily
James Cosmo as Mr. Bowring
Terence Conoley as
James Coyle as
Stephen Daltry as
Kit Jackson as
Giles Oldershaw as
David Trevena as
Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Bowring
Philip McGough as Mr. Croker
Iain Andrew as
Mara Purcell as
Eric Francis as
Jack Gittings as
Bill Stewart as
Peter Wyatt as
Ian Gelder as Henry Gibbs
Joan Sims as Lady Daphne
Beth Ellis as
Janet Henfrey as
Merelina Kendall as
Charmian May as
Madeleine Moffat as
Phillada Sewell as
Dilys Hamlett as Lady Emma
Maria Aitken as Lady Amelia
Laura Cox as
Sally Faulkner as
Tamsin Heatley as
Darlene Johnson as
Kristin Milward as
Jane Wymark as
Auriol Smith as Lady Augusta
Stratford Johns as Arthur Shillibeer
Leon Davis as
James Grant as
Richard Graydon as
Bruce Green as
Patricia Napier as
Peter Stockbridge as
Richard Caldicot as Duke
Patricia Hayes as The Dowager Duchess
Ruth Mitchell as The Girl
Jim Carter as Mr. Blackthorn
Arthur Kelly as Grease remover seller
Tony Frey as
Irene Frederick as
Siobhan Nicholas as Chickweed seller
Robin Meredith as Crossing sweep
Miranda Richardson as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Joanna Brookes as Stage actress
Nora Connolly as Stage actress
John Dalby as Stage actor
Ron Emslie as Stage actor
Knight Mantell as Stage actor
Mark Arnold as Stage actor
Michael Feast as Mr. Edwin
Michael Hordern as Mr. Tatham
Peter Bailie as
Jan Lower as
Pamela Moiseiwitsch as
John Moore as
Malcolm Mudie as
Simon Slater as
John McEnery as Mr. Maclean
Don Henderson as Bob
Michael Andrew as
Graham Fletcher-Cook as Whistling Billy
David Grahame as
Kenneth McClellan as
John Tordoff as
Robert Terson as
Nick Edmett as Grease buyer
Michael Medwin as Mr. Wells
Raymond Brody as
Ronnie Brody as
Alan Ford as
Mark Lambert as
Stewart Permutt as
Peter Waddington as
Maria Charles as The Pure Gatherer
Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Harris
Ewen Bremner as
Ron Cook as
Christopher Hancock as Joe
Jessica James as
Linda Kerr Scott as
David Sterne as
Preston Lockwood as Mr. Benjamin
James Cairncross as Mr. Trott
Maurice Elliot as
Richard Henry as
John Fahey as
David Glover as
Robert Putt as
David Pugh as
John Harding as Mr. Priddle
Chris Darwin as Theatre doorman
Christine Ellerbeck as
Harry Jones as
Colleen McClure as
John Tramper as
Nicolas Tennant as Curley
Charlie Bartle as
Fred Beauman as
Stephen Boyes as
Johnnie Clayton as
David Keyes as Tom
Dominic Geary as
Philip Gunderson as
Ray Martin as
Terry John as
Arthur Nightingale as
Harry Klein as
George Savvides as Mr. Nick
John Quarmby as
Harry Webster as
Dawn Charatan as
Joan Dainty as
Deddie Davies as
Mark Knox as
Dominic Martinez as
Stephen Rashbrook as
Vince Starr as
Paul Wilce as
Michael Mears as
Cyril Cusack as The Ballad Seller
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