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White Mischief( 1987)

TV-MACrimeDramaRomanceThriller
60%
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In a world of wife swapping, drugs and chocolate covered lobsters, murder seemed so uncivilised.

Overview

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Greta Scacchi

      Diana, Lady Broughton

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      Charles Dance

      Josslyn Hay

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      Joss Ackland

      'Jock' Delves Broughton

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      Sarah Miles

      Alice de Janzé

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      John Hurt

      Gilbert Colville

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      Trevor Howard

      Jack Soames

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      Geraldine Chaplin

      Nina Soames

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      Murray Head

      Lizzie

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      Ray McAnally

      Morris

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      Susan Fleetwood

      Gladys, Lady Delamer

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      Catherine Neilson

      Lady June Carberry

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      Alan Dobie

      Sir Walter Harrigan

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      Hugh Grant

      Hugh

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      Gregor Fisher

      McPherson

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      Jacqueline Pearce

      Idina Soltau

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      Tristram Jellinek

      Land Agent

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      Tim Myers

      Raymond de Trafford

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      Sean Mathias

      Gerald Portman

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      Ron Donachie

      Club Manager

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      Douglas Chege

      Kiptobe

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      Wensley Pithey

      Sheridan

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      Stephan Chase

      Carberry

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      Louis Mahoney

      Abdullah

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      Susannah Harker

      Young Girl

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      Amanda Parkin

      Nancy Wirewater

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      Olivier Pierre

      Kaplan

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      David Quilter

      Poppy

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      John Rees

      Baines

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      Anthony Benson

      Fox

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      Clare Travers-Deacon

      Muffin-Faced Woman

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      Nigel Le Vaillant

      Handsome Reporter

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      Basil Whybray

      Spotty Reporter

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      Gary Beadle

      Servant

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      Bill Moody

      Jury Foreman

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      John Darrell

      Registrar

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      Ilario Bisi-Pedro

      African Policeman

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      Edwin Mahinda

      Boy Waiter

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      Seipal Ngojine

      Maasai Warrior

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      Pilip Saitoti

      Maasai Warrior

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Nov 02 2023
    "Alice" (Sarah Miles) moves to colonial Kenya with her elderly husband "Jock" (Joss Ackland) and soon she is enjoying the social whirl that is their unfettered lifestyle. She falls in easily with the great and the good - even befriending the all-but-mute "Colvile" (John Hurt) but it's not that dalliance that worries her husband, though. It's one with the debonaire Earl of Erroll (Charles Dance) and soon a rather embarrassing/cuckolding menage à trois gradually emerges. When the latter man is found brutally slaughtered, a court case ensues but will it convict the culprit? It's speculatively base...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    5300000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • upper class
    • africa
    • murder
    • kenya
    • hedonism
    • decadence
    • 1940s