
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.
The Claimant

Bogle

Hawkins

Cockburn

Lord Rivers

Mary Anne
Arundell

Uncle Henry

Onslow Onslow

The Dowager

John Holmes

Keneally
Gibbes

Cubitt

Rous the Landlord

Bowker
Baigent
Fanny Loder

The Hotel Manager

Lady Doughty

Cousin Alicia

Tom Hibbert
Dr. McKechnie

Dowager's Priest
Dr. Lipscome
Charles Orton

Workhouse Matron
Workhouse Master

Stage Doorkeeper
Lizzie Holmes
Street Preacher
Tom Castro
Dowager's Maid
Court Usher
