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from the warped and wacky mind of monty python alum eric idle comes a wickedly funny case of mistaken identity . idle stars with rick moranis barbara hershey and john cleese in this madcap romp the los angeles times dubbed irreverent fun to watch ... a killer at a wild party during the 60s baby thomas henry butterfly rainbow peace a.k.a. the 15th duke of bournemouth is accidentally misplaced by his rich hippie mum and dad . when the wrong baby is claimed the real heir winds up being raised by poor pakistani family while the heir apparent grows up in america with a silver spoon in his mouth . once tommy patel idle learns that he not henry martin moranis is the true duke of bournemouth hell do anything to get back what hes lost fortunately for henry tommys a pretty inept assassin . unfortunately for them both tommys seedy lawyer shadgrind cleese is a tad more adept add to the mix a scandalous nymphomaniacal duchess hershey a gorgeous golddigger catherine zeta jones plus a host of assorted loonies and you have a pythonesque cavalcade of silliness . can tommy regain his dukedom survive shadgrinds schemes avoid being seduced by his own unwitting mom and marry the girl of his dreams find out for yourself . youll split your sides laughing .
vhs pg13 87 minutes mca univesal