A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa
Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Produced by	Bruce Beresford John Fiedler Mark Tarlov
Written by	William Boyd
Starring	Colin Friels Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Sean Connery John Lithgow Louis Gossett Jr. Diana Rigg
Music by	John Du Prez
Editing by	Jim Clark
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures
Release date(s)	September 9, 1994
Running time	94 min
Country	South Africa  United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,308,390

A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 film, based on the novel A Good Man in Africa (written by William Boyd in 1981), and directed by Bruce Beresford.

Synopsis

Morgan Leafy is a British diplomat and works in the small African state of Kinjanja, in the process of decolonisation. Arthur Fanshawe, a new member of the Commission, brings Leafy the news that oil has just been discovered in Kinjanja. For the British to obtain the benefits of such unexpected news, they must maintain good relations with the man who appears likely to be the next president of Kinjanja, Sam Adekunle. But a diplomatic crisis occurs: a woman dies at the High Commission and the British want to prolong the native burial honors for several days.

DVD release

Focus Features released an Amazon.com exclusive DVD of the film on January 11, 2010.

Cast

• Colin Friels as Morgan Leafy
• Sean Connery as Dr. Alex Murray
• John Lithgow as Arthur Fanshawe
• Diana Rigg as Chloe Fanshawe
• Louis Gossett Jr. as Prof. Sam Adekunle
• Joanne Whalley as Celia Adekunle
• Sarah-Jane Fenton as Priscilla Fanshawe

External links

• A Good Man in Africa at the Internet Movie Database