Splitting Heirs
A wickedly funny comedy of Royal proportions
1993 · 1h 27m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Robert Young
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Young Director
- Eric Idle as Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
- Rick Moranis as Henry Bullock
- Barbara Hershey as Duchess Lucinda
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Kitty
- John Cleese as Raoul P. Shadgrind
- Sadie Frost as Angela
- Stratford Johns as Butler
- Brenda Bruce as Mrs. Bullock
- William Franklyn as Andrews
- Richard Huw as Brittle
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