107 minutes
11/10/1987
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.
Greta Scacchi
as Diana, Lady Broughton
Charles Dance
as Josslyn Hay
Joss Ackland
as 'Jock' Delves Broughton
Sarah Miles
as Alice de Janzé
John Hurt
as Gilbert Colville
Trevor Howard
as Jack Soames
Geraldine Chaplin
as Nina Soames
Murray Head
as Lizzie
Ray McAnally
as Morris
Susan Fleetwood
as Gladys, Lady Delamer
Catherine Neilson
as Lady June Carberry
Alan Dobie
as Sir Walter Harrigan
Hugh Grant
as Hugh
Gregor Fisher
as McPherson
Jacqueline Pearce
as Idina Soltau
Tristram Jellinek
as Land Agent
Tim Myers
as Raymond de Trafford
Sean Mathias
as Gerald Portman
Ron Donachie
as Club Manager
Douglas Chege
as Kiptobe
Wensley Pithey
as Sheridan
Stephan Chase
as Carberry
Louis Mahoney
as Abdullah
Susannah Harker
as Young Girl
Amanda Parkin
as Nancy Wirewater
Olivier Pierre
as Kaplan
David Quilter
as Poppy
John Rees
as Baines
Anthony Benson
as Fox
Clare Travers-Deacon
as Muffin-Faced Woman
Nigel Le Vaillant
as Handsome Reporter
Basil Whybray
as Spotty Reporter
Gary Beadle
as Servant
Bill Moody
as Jury Foreman
John Darrell
as Registrar
Ilario Bisi-Pedro
as African Policeman
Edwin Mahinda
as Boy Waiter
Seipal Ngojine
as Maasai Warrior
Pilip Saitoti
as Maasai Warrior