The Tichborne Claimant

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Robert Pugh

The Claimant

John Kani

Bogle

Stephen Fry

Hawkins

John Gielgud

Cockburn

Robert Hardy

Lord Rivers

Rachael Dowling

Mary Anne

Charles Gray

Arundell

James Villiers

Uncle Henry

Dudley Sutton

Onslow Onslow

Paola Dionisotti

The Dowager