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1979 (UK) morePlot:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking... more | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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Typical Greene subject matter, ineptly adapted more (10 total)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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Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 | France:-12 | France:U (re-release: 2000) | USA:R | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)Fun Stuff
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According to the cinematographer, at one point the production ran out of money. Director Otto Preminger had to fly home to Hollywood to sell some of his art collection to fund the rest of the production. moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: In the South African scenes (filmed in Kenya), the cars have Kenyan registration plates. moreFAQ
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I was really surprised to see that Tom Stoppard had done the screenplay for this film, as the narrative structure seemed very clumsy and inarticulate.
The plot itself was interesting enough, even if the storyline was pretty obvious from fairly early on.
Robert Morley - despite being an utterly improbable character - is worth the price of admission alone. And Jacobi's 'innocent' brings a certain pathos to events.
The ending, whilst superficially weak, was all that you might expect from a Graham Greene book - i.e. morally amiguous and unresolved.
Whilst somehat clumsy, I think that this film is worth seeing and holds the attention well enough.