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Splitting Heirs (1993)

Splitting Heirs poster
Directed by
Robert Young
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A duke dies and leaves his fortune to his long-lost son. But a conniving heir and a mix-up with a mistaken identity lead to a battle over the inheritance.

comedicsatiricalplayfulchaoticlightheartedquirkyfast-pacedsilly

What happens

Splitting Heirs is a 1993 British black comedy film directed by Robert Young and starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese and Sadie Frost. It features music by Michael Kamen. It was entered in the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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