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Cast
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Maynard Eziashi | ... | Mister Johnson |
| Pierce Brosnan | ... | Harry Rudbeck | |
| Edward Woodward | ... | Sargy Gollup | |
| Beatie Edney | ... | Celia Rudbeck | |
| Denis Quilley | ... | Bulteen | |
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Nick Reding | ... | Tring |
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Bella Enahoro | ... | Bamu |
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Femi Fatoba | ... | Waziri |
| Q | ... | Benjamin | |
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Hubert Ogunde | ... | Brimah (as Chief Hubert Ogunde) |
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Sola Adeyemi | ... | Ajali |
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Jerry Linus | ... | Saleh |
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George Menta | ... | Emil |
| Steve James | ... | Aliu | |
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Tunde Kelani | ... | Jamesu |
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In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity, an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives, nor the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water. Written by John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
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Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a black man too smart for his own good.Genres:
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
April 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,464,242Company Credits
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Harry Rudbeck: I'm sorry, Celia.
Celia Rudbeck: Sorry about what?
Harry Rudbeck: I'm sorry about all of this.
Celia Rudbeck: Are you? You don't do anything about it.
Harry Rudbeck: Do? Well, what can I do? I'm in bloody West Africa. In the bloody bush. This isn't Mayfair, you know!
Celia Rudbeck: You don't have to tell me that. What about that horrible peanut soup? Peanut soup! Any idiot can make vegetable soup - even in bloody West Africa.
Harry Rudbeck: Why don't you tell Jamesu what you ...
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from Manon
Written by Jules Massenet
Sung by Enrico Caruso
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The movie is set in West Africa in 1923. Blurbs on some DVDs for this film state: "Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperialists and a black man too smart for his own good." See more »Quotes
Celia Rudbeck: Perhaps you could clean your teeth tonight having taken the pipe out of your mouth - that would be a change.Harry Rudbeck: I'm sorry, Celia.
Celia Rudbeck: Sorry about what?
Harry Rudbeck: I'm sorry about all of this.
Celia Rudbeck: Are you? You don't do anything about it.
Harry Rudbeck: Do? Well, what can I do? I'm in bloody West Africa. In the bloody bush. This isn't Mayfair, you know!
Celia Rudbeck: You don't have to tell me that. What about that horrible peanut soup? Peanut soup! Any idiot can make vegetable soup - even in bloody West Africa.
Harry Rudbeck: Why don't you tell Jamesu what you ...
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Crazy Credits
Dedicated to Chief Hubert A. Ogunde (1915 - 1990) See more »Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze/The Comfort of Strangers/Defending Your Life/Mister Johnson/La Femme Nikita (1991) See more »Soundtracks
Ah! Fuyez Douce Imagefrom Manon
Written by Jules Massenet
Sung by Enrico Caruso
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This is a good drama with a very touching ending.Pierce Brosnan does one of his best roles ever as friend of "Mr.Johnson",a Nigerian who sees himself as englishman.The way this film ends makes it big.
See this but take a few tissues if you are soft hearted. 7 out of 10