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.
as The Claimant
as Bogle
as Hawkins
as Cockburn
as Lord Rivers
as Mary Anne
as Arundell
as Uncle Henry
as Onslow Onslow
as The Dowager
as John Holmes
as Keneally
as Gibbes
as Cubitt
as Rous the Landlord
as Bowker
as Baigent
as Fanny Loder
as The Hotel Manager
as Lady Doughty
as Cousin Alicia
as Tom Hibbert
as Dr. McKechnie
as Dowager's Priest
as Dr. Lipscome
as Charles Orton
as Workhouse Matron
as Workhouse Master
as Stage Doorkeeper
as Lizzie Holmes
as Street Preacher
as Tom Castro
as Dowager's Maid
as Court Usher
