Overview
Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.
Cast
- David Suchet as Augustus Melmotte
- Matthew Macfadyen as Sir Felix Carbury
- Cillian Murphy as Paul Montague
- Paloma Baeza as Hetta Carbury
- Cheryl Campbell as Lady Carbury
- Richard Cant as Dolly Longestaffe
- Shirley Henderson as Marie Melmotte
- Tony Britton as Lord Alfred Grendall
- Douglas Hodge as Roger Carbury
- David Bradley as Mr Broune