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Little Lord Fauntleroy is a British film of genre Drama directed by Jack Gold released in USA on 25 november 1980 with Rick Schroder
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 november 1980
Length 1h43
Directed by Jack Gold
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about children
Rating73%
Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1980 British family film directed by Jack Gold and starring Alec Guinness, Rick Schroder and Eric Porter. It is based on the children's novel of the same name.
Synopsis
Cedric Errol est un jeune Américain pauvre vivant dans le quartier de Brooklyn à New York. À l'âge de 9 ans, il apprend qu'il est le seul héritier d'un riche comté d'Angleterre. Cedric devient alors Lord Fauntleroy, destiné à être, un jour, Comte de Dorincourt.Actors
Rick Schroder
(Cedric Errol / Lord Fauntleroy)
Alec Guinness
(Earl of Dorincourt)
Eric Porter
(Mr. Havisham)
Colin Blakely
(Silas Hobbs)
Connie Booth
(Mrs. Errol)
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