While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villainous Vanity Fair (Eileen Atkins, Cold Mountain). Mistress of the turreted Chateau Jezreel and leader of a motley band of criminals, she will inherit millions if she can force her stepdaughter to marry. Pitting his wits against this formidable adversary, Chandos determines to rescue the beautiful young woman. But Vanity Fair keeps one step ahead of him, a trick forever up her sleeve and murder in her heart.
Malcolm McDowell
as Richard Chandos
Eileen Atkins
as Vanity Fair
Michael Jayston
as Mansel
Karen Dotrice
as Jenny
Sarah Badel
as Virginia
Philip Locke
as Acorn
Richard Pearson
as Father Below
Freda Jackson
as Lafone
Bernard Hill
as Carson
Ralph Arliss
as Bell
Simon Cadell
as Candle
Jonathan Lynn
as Gaston
