Dark River (1990) (TV)

Director:

Malcolm Taylor

Writer:

Malcolm Cowley Taylor (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

One member of a group of disillusioned British expatriates living on the banks of an African river decides to go down the river on his own.

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Tom Bell	...	Johnny Deacon
Kate Buffery	...	Lydia Priestley
Siân Phillips	...	Mrs. Blessington
Ian McNeice	...	Hugo Shrike
Tony Haygarth	...	Oliver Priestley
Rosemary Leach	...	Jane Audeby
Michael Denison	...	K.B.Priestley
Alex Tetteh-Lartey	...	Elias Tembaliki
Frank Middlemass	...	Yorkie
Bryan Pringle	...	Reverend Merrilees
Freddie Jones	...	The Official
Max Wall	...	The Stranger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ned Sherrin	...	Himself (radio interviewer)

Runtime:

UK:100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Kenya

Quotes:

Mrs. Blessington: Why are you going where you're going? Why did you come out to Africa in the first place? To face up to some sort of reality? Did you face up to your own emptiness instead? This land attracts your sort. It's no good trying to be strong. Only the weak survive.