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White Mischief

Duration:

107 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Michael Radford

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.

Details

Country: UK

Filming Locations: Kenya

Earnings

Budget: $5,300,000

Opening Weekend: $24,538 (USA) (22 April 1988)

Gross: $3,107,551 (USA) Filming Dates 23 February 1987 Copyright Holder White Umbrella Films Limited, 31, Percy Street, London W1P 9FG, UK Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Gary Beadle

Greta Scacchi

Diana Lady Broughton

Charles Dance

Josslyn Hay

Joss Ackland

'Jock' Delves Broughton

Sarah Miles

Alice de Janzé

Geraldine Chaplin

Nina Soames

Ray McAnally

Morris

Murray Head

Lizzie

John Hurt

Gilbert Colvile

Trevor Howard

Jack Soames

Susan Fleetwood

Gladys - Lady Delamere

Catherine Neilson

Lady June Carberry

Hugh Grant

Hugh

Alan Dobie

Harragin

Gregor Fisher

McPherson

Jacqueline Pearce

Idina

Tristram Jellinek

Land Agent

Tim Myers

Raymond de Trafford

Sean Mathias

Gerald Portman

Ron Donachie

Club Manager

Douglas Chege

Kiptobe

Wensley Pithey

Sheridan

Stephan Chase

Carberry

Clare Travers-Deacon

Muffin-faced Woman

Seipal Ngojine

Maasai Warrior

Pilip Saitoti

Maasai Warrior

Amanda Parkin

Nancy Wirewater

Louis Mahoney

Abdullah

Ilario Bisi-Pedro

African Policeman

David Quilter

Chief Superintendent Poppy

John Rees

Baines

Olivier Pierre

Kaplan

Anthony Benson

Fox

Nigel Le Vaillant

Handsome Reporter

Basil Whybray

Spotty Reporter

John Darrell

Registrar

Bill Moody

Jury Foreman

Susannah Harker

Young Girl

Edwin Mahinda

Boy Waiter at Wake

Tim Finn

Bandleader (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Actor Hugh Grant portrayed a character, Hugh, who had the same first name as his own. This is the only ever feature film [to date, February 2015] that Grant has portrayed a fictional character with his own first name.

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The picture's closing credits legal disclaimer reads: "The story of this film is inspired by events which took place in Kenya in 1940 and 1941. The film does not purport to be an accurate representation of either the characters concerned, or the events that took place".

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The title of the film and its source novel by James Fox is a play on words and reference to Evelyn Waugh's unrelated earlier novel "Black Mischief" (1932) which has never been filmed. Released in the same year as White Mischief (1987) was the made-for-television Waugh adaptation Scoop (1987).

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Goofs

The courtroom scenes include counsel shouting "Objection!" and the Judge replying "Sustained" or "Overruled" and occasionally ordering things "stricken from the record". These terms are routine in courts in the United States but are never heard in courts based on English jurisprudence, as was the case in colonial Kenya in 1941.

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Quotes

Josslyn Hay: Earl of Erroll: Do you know what happens to a woman once she loses her looks?

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Sir Jock Delves Broughton: These bankers are terrible, Abdullah.

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Lizzie: Gilbert, Jock's made a wager with Diana. He says that if you say more than two words, he'll buy her a fur coat.

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