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1979 (UK)
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When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking...
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Great cast, writer & director. Terrible film.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Attenborough | ... | Col. John Daintry | |
| Joop Doderer | ... | Cornelius Muller | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Brig. Tomlinson | |
| Derek Jacobi | ... | Arthur Davis | |
| Robert Morley | ... | Dr. Percival | |
| Ann Todd | ... | Castle's Mother | |
| Richard Vernon | ... | Sir John Hargreaves | |
| Nicol Williamson | ... | Maurice Castle | |
| Iman | ... | Sarah | |
| Keith Marsh | ... | Porter | |
| Anthony Woodruff | ... | Dr. Barker | |
| Gary Forbes | ... | Sam | |
| Angela Thorne | ... | Lady Mary Hargreaves | |
| Tony Haygarth | ... | Buffy | |
| Paul Curran | ... | Halliday |
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115 min
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Iceland:12 |
West Germany:12 |
France:-12 |
France:U (re-release: 2000) |
USA:R |
UK:AA (original rating) |
UK:15 (video rating)
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The last feature film of Adrienne Corri.
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Errors in geography: In the South African scenes (filmed in Kenya), the cars have Kenyan registration plates.
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Maurice Castle:
Davis calls all children "little bastards".
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I recently saw this as part of the Graham Greene season on the BBC. I had been quite looking forward to it, given the quality of its cast, director and writer. Unfortunately its production values seemed to be on a par with contemporary television, apparently due to serious budget problems. Performances all round are not particularly good, even Attenbrough seems poor. Iman, in what I understand to be her first role, is embarrassingly bad. She struggles with most of her lines and has difficulty dealing with the most simple props such as telephones. Apparently Otto Preminger also bought the option on another Greene novel although it was never made. Greene, in an interview shown as part of the same season, commented that having seen "The Human Factor" he was glad he never adapted another of his books. I think, for the reputations of all concerned with this film it is best forgotten.