Mister Johnson
“Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a black man too smart for his own good.”
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
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11 people
Maynard Eziashi
Mister Johnson
Known for
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
The Contract
Pierce Brosnan
Harry Rudbeck
Known for
GoldenEye
The Foreigner
Edward Woodward
Sargy Gollup
Known for
The Wicker Man
Hot Fuzz
Beatie Edney
Celia Rudbeck
Known for
Poldark
Highlander
Denis Quilley
Bulteen
Known for
Masada
Murder on the Orient Express
Nick Reding
Tring
Known for
The First Grader
Croupier
Bella Enahoro
Bamu
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Pie in the Sky
Little Disasters
Femi Fatoba
Waziri
Kwabena Manso
Benjamin
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South of the Border
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Steve James
Aliu
Known for
American Ninja
The Warriors
Hubert Ogunde
Brimah
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Aiye
Bruce Beresford Director · William Boyd Screenplay Joyce Cary Author
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release March 22, 1991 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,464,242
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 8, 1990
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · March 22, 1991
Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
April 5, 1991 · Theatrical
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