Film
Lord of Misrule
United Kingdom- Director
- Guy Jenkin
- Year
- 1996
Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.
Top cast
Richard Wilson
Bill Webster
Emily Mortimer
Emma
Stephen Moyer
Olly
Andy Hamilton
Editor
Jeff Rawle
Derek
Clive Russell
Arthur
James Fleet
Prime Minister
Prunella Scales
Shirley
Martin Clunes
Minister of Defence
Mark Benton
Antler Man
Rob Brydon
Cornish Policeman
Peter Sullivan
Dr. Glanville
Rosemary Martin
Janie
Patricia Hayes
Ethel
Brian Bovell
Tim
Jimmy Gardner
Dad
Lisa Palfrey
Dr. Amy Clarke
Briony Glassco
Director
Directed by
Guy Jenkin
Written by
Guy Jenkin
Produced by
Jimmy Mulville