Main Cast: Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt
Release Year: 1987
Country: UK
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Based on one of the most scandalous murders in British history, White Mischief transpires in Kenya at a time just before the beginning of World War II. Jock Broughton (Joss Ackland) is a wealthy rancher who becomes taken with a young gold-digger named Diana (Greta Scacchi). Even though he is fully aware of her reasons for doing so, the pair wed. Broughton falls on hard times and loses his fortune. The hedonistic Earl of Erroll (Charles Dance) realizes this change of fortune may make Diana more open to engaging in an affair. One evening, Erroll is found murdered. Broughton is tried for the crime. Michael Radford would not direct again for seven years, but returned with the international hit Il Postino in 1994. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Susan Fleetwood - Gwladys, Lady Delamere; Trevor Howard - Jack Soames; Jacqueline Pearce - Lady Idina Gordon; Catherine Neilson - June Carberry; Murray Head - Lizzie Lezard; Ray McAnally - Morris; Geraldine Chaplin - Nina Soames; Anthony Benson - Fox; Alan Dobie - Harragin, Prosecutor; Gregor Fisher - McPherson; Hugh Grant - Hugh Dickinson; Susannah Harker - Young Girl; Tristram Jellinek - Land Agent; Edwin Mahinda - Boy Waiter; Louis Mahoney - Abdullah; Olivier Pierre - Kaplan; Wensley Pithey - Sheridan; David Quilter - Poppy; John Rees - Baines; Nigel le Vaillant - Handsome Reporter; Gary Beadle - African Servant; Ilario Bisi-Pedro - African Policeman; Douglas Chege - Kiptobe; John Darrell - Registrar; Ron Donachie - Club Manager; Sean Mathias - Gerald Portman; Bill Moody - Jury Foreman; Tim Myers - Raymond de Trafford; Seipal Ngojine - Masai Warrior; Amanda Parkin - Nancy Wirewater; Pilip Saitoti - Masai Warrior; Clare Travers-Deacon - Muffin-faced Woman; Basil Whybray - Spotty Reporter; Stephen Chase - Carberry
Credit
Len Huntingford - Art Director, Keith Pain - Art Director, Simon Bosanquet - Associate Producer, Mary Selway - Casting, Stewart Hopps - Choreography, Marit Allen - Costume Designer, Michael Radford - Director, Tom Priestley - Editor, Michael White - Executive Producer, George Fenton - Composer (Music Score), Tim Finn - Songwriter, Pat Hay - Makeup, Roger Hall - Production Designer, Agfa-Gevaert Color - Cinematographer, Roger Deakins - Cinematographer, Simon Perry - Producer, Marianne Ford - Set Designer, Tony Jackson - Sound/Sound Designer, Jonathan Gems - Screenwriter, Michael Radford - Screenwriter, Frederic Raphael - Screenwriter, Cole Porter - Featured Music, James Fox - Book Author
