The read
Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes7%
Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do.
85 audience votes
Key crew
- Eric IdleWriter
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Robert YoungDirector
Cast
- Rick MoranisHenry Bullock
- Eric IdleTommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
- Barbara HersheyDuchess Lucinda
- Catherine Zeta-JonesKitty
- John CleeseRaoul P. Shadgrind
- Sadie FrostAngela
- Stratford JohnsButler
- Brenda BruceMrs. Bullock
- William FranklynAndrews
- Charu Bala ChokshiMrs. Patel
- Jeremy Clyde14th Duke
- Richard HuwBrittle
Stills
Themes
dark comedyinheritanceincest