The Scapegoat (2012)

09/09/2012Mystery, Drama, Adventure1h 40m
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Two men, one face.

Overview

In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Matthew Rhys

    John / Johnny

  2. Cast 1

    Jodhi May

    Blanche

  3. Cast 1

    Eileen Atkins

    Lady Spence

  4. Cast 1

    Sheridan Smith

    Nina

  5. Cast 1

    Andrew Scott

    Paul

  6. Cast 1

    Phoebe Nicholls

    Charlotte

  7. Cast 1

    Anton Lesser

    Father McReady

  8. Cast 1

    Eloise Webb

    Mary Lou

  9. Cast 1

    Pip Torrens

    George

The competent actor that is Matthew Rhys plays his own doppelgänger in this initially intriguing but ultimately rather flat thriller set in the UK just before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. "Standing" is a teacher who spends a night on the lash with his stunt double "Spence" - a man he had never seen before he bumped into randomly. Awakening next morning with a thick head, he finds "Spence" has fled taking his own identity with him. Before he has much chance to think things through, he finds himself subsumed into the identity of the other man - a wealthy, family man with plenty of skele...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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