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Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonathan GemsScreenplay
- Michael RadfordDirector
- Michael RadfordScreenplay
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Greta ScacchiDiana, Lady Broughton
- Charles DanceJosslyn Hay
- Joss Ackland'Jock' Delves Broughton
- Sarah MilesAlice de Janzé
- John HurtGilbert Colville
- Trevor HowardJack Soames
- Geraldine ChaplinNina Soames
- Murray HeadLizzie
- Ray McAnallyMorris
- Susan FleetwoodGladys, Lady Delamer
- Catherine NeilsonLady June Carberry
- Alan DobieSir Walter Harrigan
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Themes
based on novel or bookupper classafricanairobimurderkenyahedonismdecadence1940s