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Excellent adaption of Waugh's novel moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Denholm Elliott | ... | Mr. Salter | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Uncle Theodore | |
| Herbert Lom | ... | Mr. Baldwin | |
| Nicola Pagett | ... | Julia Stitch | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Lord Copper | |
| Renée Soutendijk | ... | Kätchen | |
| Michael Maloney | ... | William Boot | |
| Sverre Anker Ousdal | ... | Erik Olafsen | |
| Jack Shepherd | ... | Corker | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Maev Alexander | ... | Lady Cockpurse | |
| Tony Alleff | ... | Popotakis | |
| William Armstrong | ... | Whelper | |
| David Ashford | ... | Airline Official | |
| Nicholas Barnes | ... | Bateson | |
| Christian Berkel | ... | Heinz | |
| Brian Bovell | ... | Mr. Raskassa | |
| Burt Caesar | ... | Dr. Benito | |
| Robert Eddison | ... | Troutbeck | |
| Jeillo Edwards | ... | Mrs. Jackson | |
| Roz Freeman-Atwood | ... | Dinner Guest (as Rosamond Freeman-Attwood) | |
| Angela Galbraith | ... | Lady Metroland | |
| Rosamund Greenwood | ... | Nanny Bloggs | |
| John Harding | ... | Hitchcock | |
| Victoria Hasted | ... | Priscilla Boot | |
| Tony Haygarth | ... | Pigge | |
| Ceri Jackson | ... | Miss Holloway | |
| Vera Jakob | ... | Frau Dressler | |
| Chua Kahjoo | ... | Lascar Steward | |
| Nicholas Le Prevost | ... | John Boot | |
| Helen Lindsay | ... | Mrs. Boot | |
| Clive Mantle | ... | Cuthbert | |
| André Maranne | ... | Monsieur Roland | |
| Ian Michie | ... | Youth | |
| Fernand Monast | ... | French Journalist | |
| Gwen Nelson | ... | Granny Boot | |
| Reggie Oliver | ... | Stitch Butler | |
| Daniel André Pageon | ... | French Journalist | |
| Clare Park | ... | Secretary | |
| Michael Parkhouse | ... | Moke | |
| Fred Pearson | ... | Editor | |
| Charles Pemberton | ... | Concierge | |
| Matthew Scurfield | ... | Shumble | |
| Leon Sinden | ... | Uncle Roderick | |
| Lucy Speed | ... | Josephine Stitch | |
| Maurice Travail | ... | Monsieur Giraud | |
| Martin Wimbush | ... | Dinner Guest | |
| Jake Wood | ... | Paper Boy | |
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This is an excellent screen-adaption of one of British author Evelyn Waugh's most entertaining books. A young man (played very well by Michael Maloney) who writes a weekly newspaper column about British rural life from his family estate, is mistaken for a war correspondent by confused subeditor (Denholm Elliot) and is sent to the suspected action site of Ishmaelia somewhere in Africa. On his journey he meets an elusive man of mystery (Herbert Lom), a stunning German blonde (Renee Soutendijk) an insane Swede and various other strange characters. And nobody seems to know exactly where the war is... Having read the book as well, I must say that this movie adaption resembles the book very well - I don't think Mr. Waugh could have hoped for more.