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10/11/1987 Drama, Romance, Thriller 1h 47m
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.

  1. Michael Radford

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Greta Scacchi

    Diana, Lady Broughton

  2. Charles Dance

    Josslyn Hay

  3. Joss Ackland

    'Jock' Delves Broughton

  4. Sarah Miles

    Alice de Janzé

  5. John Hurt

    Gilbert Colville

  6. Trevor Howard

    Jack Soames

  7. Geraldine Chaplin

    Nina Soames

  8. Murray Head

    Lizzie

  9. Ray McAnally

    Morris

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-11-02
"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 ba...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,300,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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