
136 minutes
2/16/1990
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.

Patrick Bergin
as Richard Burton

Iain Glen
as John Hanning Speke

Richard E. Grant
as Oliphant

Fiona Shaw
as Isabel

John Savident
as Lord Murchison

James Villiers
as Lord Oliphant

Adrian Rawlins
as Edward

Peter Vaughan
as Lord Houghton

Delroy Lindo
as Mabruki

Bernard Hill
as Dr. Livingstone

Matthew Marsh
as William

Richard Caldicot
as Lord Russell

Christopher Fulford
as Herne

Garry Cooper
as Stroyan

Roshan Seth
as Ben Amir

Paul Onsongo
as Sidi Bombay

Jimmy Gardner
as Jarvis

Doreen Mantle
as Mrs. Speke

Anna Massey
as Mrs. Arundell

Peter Eyre
as Norton Shaw

Leslie Phillips
as Mr. Arundell

Frances Cuka
as Lady Houghton

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Lord Cowley

Craig Crosbie
as Swinburne
Lenny Juma
as Jemadar
Bheki Tonto Ngema
as Ngola
Martin Okello
as Veldu

Philip Voss
as Colonel Rigby

Roger Rees
as Papworth

Pip Torrens
as Lt. Hesketh
Ian Vincent
as Lt. Allen
Esther Njiru
as Lema
Alison Limerick
as Sorceress
Asiba Asiba
as Nubian Servant

Omar Sharif
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)

Ralph Nossek
as Doctor
Stewart Harwood
as Attendant

George Malpas
as Lead Actor
Robert Whelan
as 1st Reporter
Bill Croasdale
as 2nd Reporter

Renny Krupinski
as 3rd Reporter