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| White Mischief | |
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| Directed by | Michael Radford |
| Produced by | Simon Perry |
| Written by | James Fox (novel) Michael Radford Jonathan Gems |
| Starring | Greta Scacchi Charles Dance Joss Ackland Sarah Miles John Hurt Alan Dobie |
| Music by | George Fenton |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Editing by | Tom Priestley |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
White Mischief is a 1987 film dramatising the events of the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941, when Sir Henry "Jock" Delves Broughton was tried for the murder of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll.
Based on a book by the Sunday Times journalist James Fox (originally researched with Cyril Connolly for an article in the Dec. of 1969)1 it was directed by Michael Radford.
Cast
- Greta Scacchi - Lady Diana Broughton
- Joss Ackland - Sir Henry "Jock" Delves Broughton, Baronet Broughton
- Charles Dance - Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll
- 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 - Lady Gwladys Delamere
- Catherine Neilson - Lady June Carberry
- Hugh Grant - Hugh Cholmondeley
- Alan Dobie - Harragin
References
- ^ White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll, James Fox, Vintage Books, 1998, ISBN 0394756878
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