Movie

Lord of Misrule

1996★ 9.0 · 11h 31mTV MovieDramaComedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Emily Mortimer
as Emma

Stephen Moyer
as Olly

Rob Brydon
as Cornish Policeman

Clive Russell
as Arthur

James Fleet
as Prime Minister

Martin Clunes
as Minister of Defence

Mark Benton
as Antler Man

Patricia Hayes
as Ethel

Richard Wilson
as Bill Webster

Brian Bovell
as Tim

Jeff Rawle
as Derek

Prunella Scales
as Shirley