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Top billed cast
Charlie HunnamPercival Fawcett
Robert PattinsonHenry Costin
Sienna MillerNina Fawcett
Tom HollandJack Fawcett
Angus MacfadyenJames Murray
Edward AshleyArthur Manley
Clive FrancisSir John Scott Keltie
Ian McDiarmidSir George Goldie
Franco NeroBaron de Gondoriz
Matthew SunderlandDan
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