White Mischief
“In a world of wife swapping, drugs and chocolate covered lobsters, murder seemed so uncivilised.”
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.
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Cast
39 people
Greta Scacchi
Diana, Lady Broughton
Known for
The Odyssey
Bodies
Charles Dance
Josslyn Hay
Known for
Game of Thrones
Me Before You
Joss Ackland
'Jock' Delves Broughton
Known for
Lethal Weapon 2
The Mighty Ducks
Sarah Miles
Alice de Janzé
Known for
Blow-Up
Hope and Glory
John Hurt
Gilbert Colville
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Trevor Howard
Jack Soames
Known for
The Third Man
Gandhi
Geraldine Chaplin
Nina Soames
Known for
The Odyssey
Chaplin
Murray Head
Lizzie
Known for
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Horsehead
Ray McAnally
Morris
Known for
The Mission
Jack the Ripper
Susan Fleetwood
Gladys, Lady Delamer
Known for
The Sacrifice
Young Sherlock Holmes
Catherine Neilson
Lady June Carberry
Known for
White Hunter, Black Heart
Alan Dobie
Sir Walter Harrigan
Also in
War & Peace
Kessler
Michael Radford Director · Jonathan Gems Screenplay James Fox Author
Worldwide gross $3.1M · Budget $5.3M · United States release April 22, 1988
Box office
Budget
$5,300,000
Worldwide gross
$3,107,551
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Goldcrest Films International
Production
Nelson Entertainment
Production
Power Tower Investments
Production
Umbrella Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Swahili
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 10, 1987
Theatrical
United States · April 22, 1988
Theatrical
Australia
August 21, 1988 · Theatrical
Germany
May 16, 2007 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 20, 1988 · Theatrical
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