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Splitting Heirs
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Overview

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Director:
Robert Young
Writer:
Eric Idle (written by)
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Release Date:
30 April 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
A wickedly funny comedy of royal proportions.
Plot:
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Brilliant comedy from Idle and Cleese more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
William Franklyn ... Andrews
Richard Huw ... Brittle
Charu Bala Chokshi ... Mrs. Patel (as Charubala Chokshi)
Jeremy Clyde ... 14th Duke
Eric Sykes ... Jobson the Doorman
Bridget McConnell ... Nanny
Bill Stewart ... Adoption Agent
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | Iceland:L | Germany:12 | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 (original rating) (cut) | UK:15 (video rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The final film of Brenda Bruce. more
Quotes:
CID Officer: We believe foul play was involved.
Tommy Patel: Surely you don't think I...
CID Officer: I don't think anything, sir. I'm a police officer.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
SOMEONE STOLE MY BABY more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Brilliant comedy from Idle and Cleese, 15 May 2001
Author: snibril from London, England

I saw this film a few nights ago as a late night Channel 4 film. Eric Idle and John Cleese are in classic Monty Python form, with a few in-jokes thrown in too. Rick Moranis is an interesting addition, not brilliantly funny, but he adds the American humour element. I was absolutely sure the film was a late 70's film, from the title sequence, visuals, jokes, the fact that it said "and introducing John Cleese" in the opening credits, and Eric Idle looks very young. I was very surprised to find it was from 1993!

Great comedy, I'd love to see more like this.

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