Splitting Heirs

Splitting Heirs (1993)

02/04/1993 (GB)
Comedy
1h 27m

A wickedly funny comedy of Royal proportions

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.

  • Robert YoungDirector
  • Eric IdleWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Revenue

    $3,200,000

Keywords

  • dark comedy
  • inheritance
  • incest

Top Billed Cast

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

Henry Bullock

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Duchess Lucinda

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Kitty

John Cleese

John Cleese

Raoul P. Shadgrind

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost

Angela

Stratford Johns

Stratford Johns

Butler

Brenda Bruce

Brenda Bruce

Mrs. Bullock

William Franklyn

William Franklyn

Andrews

Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes

Jobson the Doorman

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