White Mischief (film)
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For the festival, see White Mischief (festival).
White Mischief is a 1987 British drama film starring Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance and Joss Ackland. It was directed by Michael Radford. The film was based upon the non-fiction book White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll (1982), by James Fox, which originated from a newspaper article published in 1969.[5]
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Directed by | Michael Radford |
Screenplay by | Michael Radford Jonathan Gems |
Based on | White Mischief by James Fox |
Produced by | Simon Perry |
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Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Edited by | Tom Priestley |
Music by | George Fenton |
Production companies | Columbia Pictures[1] Nelson Entertainment Goldcrest Umbrella Films[1] Power Tower Investments (Kenya)[1] BBC Curzon Film Distributors[1] Jake Eberts[1] British Screen[1] |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (through Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors) Curzon |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £8 million[2] or $8.5 million[3] |
Box office | £1,532,903 (UK)[4][1] |
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The film dramatises the events of the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941, wherein Sir Henry “Jock” Delves Broughton was tried for the murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll. The cast also includes Sarah Miles, Geraldine Chaplin, and Ray McAnally, Murray Head, John Hurt, and Trevor Howard.