The Comedians (1967)
- Starring:
- Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Glenville
Synopsis of The Comedians
The humorous title of this story taken from the novel by Graham Greene gives the viewer the wrong impression. The story concerns the residents of a once-posh hotel in Haiti and the fate of the country's people under the despotic dictator Papa Doc Duvalier. Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) is the philandering wife of a South American ambassador Peter Ustinov. She seeks solace in the arms of hotel-owner Brown (Richard Burton), whose main focus is to keep making improvements on his crumbling building. Alec Guinness plays Jones, the suave charlatan who claims to be a retired military officer to hide his vocation as a shadowy weapons dealer. Brown later gets a sudden twinge of morality and decides to go off to the mountains to help the rebels in their heroic cause. Watch for silent film great Lillian Gish as Mrs. Smith in this plodding drama. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Comedians
- Richard Burton - Brown
- Alec Guinness - Maj. Jones
- Paul Ford - Mr. Smith
- Georg Stanford Brown - Henri Philipot
- Gloria Foster - Mme. Philipot
- Douta Seck - Joseph
- Cicely Tyson - Marie Therese
- Robin Langford - Angelito
- Elizabeth Taylor - Martha Pineda
- Peter Ustinov - Ambassador Pineda
- Lillian Gish - Mrs. Smith
- Roscoe Lee Browne - Petit Pierre
- Zakes Mokae - Michel
- James Earl Jones - Dr. Magiot
- Raymond St. Jacques - Capt. Concasseur
- Director(s):
- Peter Glenville
- Writer(s):
- Graham Greene
- Producer(s):
- Peter Glenville
- 1967 - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor
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