White Mischief (1987)
- Starring:
- Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Radford
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Based on one of the most scandalous murders in British history, White Mischief transpires in Kenya at a time just before the beginning of World War II. Jock Broughton (Joss Ackland) is a wealthy rancher who becomes taken with a young gold-digger named Diana (Greta Scacchi). Even though he is fully aware of her reasons for doing so, the pair wed. Broughton falls on hard times and loses his fortune. The hedonistic Earl of Erroll (Charles Dance) realizes this change of fortune may make Diana more open to engaging in an affair. One evening, Erroll is found murdered. Broughton is tried for the crime. Michael Radford would not direct again for seven years, but returned with the international hit Il Postino in 1994. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Greta Scacchi - Diana Caldwell
- Sarah Miles - Alice de Janze
- John Hurt - Gilbert Colvile
- Trevor Howard - Jack Soames
- Catherine Neilson - June Carberry
- Ray McAnally - Morris
- Anthony Benson - Fox
- Susannah Harker - Young Girl
- Olivier Pierre - Kaplan
- Nigel le Vaillant - Handsome Reporter
- Stephen Chase - Carberry
- Clare Travers-Deacon - Muffin-faced Woman
- Amanda Parkin - Nancy Wirewater
- Tim Myers - Raymond de Trafford
- Sean Mathias - Gerald Portman
- John Darrell - Registrar
- Gary Beadle - African Servant
- Wensley Pithey - Sheridan
- Tristram Jellinek - Land Agent
- Gregor Fisher - McPherson
- Charles Dance - Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll
- Joss Ackland - Sir John "Jock" Delves Broughton
- Susan Fleetwood - Gwladys, Lady Delamere
- Jacqueline Pearce - Lady Idina Gordon
- Murray Head - Lizzie Lezard
- Geraldine Chaplin - Nina Soames
- Alan Dobie - Harragin, Prosecutor
- Edwin Mahinda - Boy Waiter
- David Quilter - Poppy
- Ilario Bisi-Pedro - African Policeman
- Basil Whybray - Spotty Reporter
- Pilip Saitoti - Masai Warrior
- Seipal Ngojine - Masai Warrior
- Bill Moody - Jury Foreman
- Ron Donachie - Club Manager
- Douglas Chege - Kiptobe
- John Rees - Baines
- Louis Mahoney - Abdullah
- Hugh Grant - Hugh Dickinson
- Director(s):
- Michael Radford
- Writer(s):
- Jonathan Gems, Michael Radford, Frederic Raphael
- Producer(s):
- Simon Perry
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Violence, Not For Children)
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