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52% Critic Match
Splitting Heirs
“A wickedly funny comedy of Royal proportions”
5.2 / 10• 1993• 1h 27m•PG-13• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Rick Moranis
Henry Bullock
Lead
Eric Idle
Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
Barbara Hershey
Duchess Lucinda
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Kitty
John Cleese
Raoul P. Shadgrind
Sadie Frost
Angela
Stratford Johns
Butler
Brenda Bruce
Mrs. Bullock
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Young's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Splitting Heirs is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
