The Tichborne Claimant (film)

The Tichborne Claimant is a 1998 dramatic film directed by David Yates.

Cast

• Robert Pugh as The Claimant
• John Kani as Bogle
• Stephen Fry as Hawkins
• John Gielgud as Cockburn
• Robert Hardy as Lord Rivers
• Charles Gray as Arundell
• James Villiers as Uncle Henry
• Dudley Sutton as Onslow Onslow
• Perry Fenwick as John Holmes
• Myles McCabe as Child 1

Plot

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 answers Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter successfully 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.

External links

• The Tichborne Claimant at the Internet Movie Database
• The Tichborne Claimant at the TCM Movie Database