Splitting Heirs (1993)

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Directed by

Robert Young

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Eric Idle
Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel

Rick Moranis
Henry Bullock

Barbara Hershey
Duchess Lucinda

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Kitty

John Cleese
Raoul P. Shadgrind

Sadie Frost
Angela

Stratford Johns
Butler

Brenda Bruce
Mrs. Bullock

Written by

Eric Idle
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When Sketch Comedy Worlds Collide

11 years ago at Apr 16 21:10

Emily J.

Eric Idle, known best as an alumnus on the hilarious and popular sketch comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus, wrote and starred in Splitting Heirs as Tommy Patel, an Englishman who believes he's Indian. After his old boss, the 14th Duke, dies, a loopy American named Henry inherits the title of the 15th Duke, and Tommy finds out that he's not a Patel, but the real heir to the throne, and his real na... read more

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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.

Release date: 2 April 1993
UPC: 025192354229

Tags: Comedy (3), 1993 (2), 1990s (2), British (1), Inheritance (1)

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" Splitting Heirs is a 1993 British black comedy film directed by Robert Young and starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese and Sadie Frost. It features music by Michael Kamen. It was entered in the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. You discover that not only you’re the heir to a thrown, but some limey American bloke has taken your place, and stands to be the next king of England. What do you you? Simple. Kill the bloody bastard. The film received most"

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" Directed by: Robert Young Produced by: Simon Bosanquet, Eric Idle, and Redmond Morris Written by: Eric Idle Cinematography: Tony Pierce Roberts Edited by: John Jympson Music by: Michael Kamen Distributed by: Universal Pictures"