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Director:
Otto Preminger
Writers:
Graham Greene (novel)
Tom Stoppard (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1979 (UK) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking... more | full synopsis
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Great cast, writer & director. Terrible film. more (10 total)

Cast

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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
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Paul Curran ... Halliday
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Runtime:
115 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 | France:-12 | France:U (re-release: 2000) | USA:R | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)
Filming Locations:
Kenya more
Company:
Sigma Production more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The last feature film of Adrienne Corri. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: In the South African scenes (filmed in Kenya), the cars have Kenyan registration plates. more
Quotes:
Maurice Castle: Davis calls all children "little bastards". more

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7 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Great cast, writer & director. Terrible film., 7 October 2004
4/10
Author: Sr_Moreno from Edinburgh, UK

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.

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