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Released
1993 · FILM

Splitting Heirs

A wickedly funny comedy of Royal proportions

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
87 min
ComedyCrime

Synopsis

An English aristocrat dies and bequeaths both his estate and his business to an American whom he believes is his long‑lost son, now recovered. Meanwhile, an Englishman who has been passing as Indian comes to suspect that he himself is the true heir. He grows to despise the American, who is simultaneously his employer, his friend, and the man who takes away the woman he desires.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John JympsonShot by Tony Pierce RobertsScored by Michael KamenDesigned by John Beard

Box Office

1993 · Box office

Grossed $3.2M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$3.2M

Worldwide gross$3.2M

Opening weekend: $1.7M 54% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.1M66% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 850 theaters

Also known as

  • ...und ewig schleichen die Erbende
  • Grandeur et descendancefr
  • Duca si nasce!it

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