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White Mischief

White Mischief

6.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

58

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1987

Release Year

107 min

Runtime

Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller

Overview

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.

Keywords

based on novel or book
upper class
africa
nairobi
murder
kenya
hedonism
decadence
1940s

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Reviews(2)

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 2, 2023

6
6/10

"Alice" (Sarah Miles) moves to colonial Kenya with her elderly husband "Jock" (Joss Ackland) and soon she is enjoying the social whirl that is their unfettered lifestyle. She falls in easily with the great and the good - even befriending the all-but-mute "Colvile" (John Hurt) but it's not that dalli

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kevin2019

June 13, 2024

4
4/10

"White Mischief" provides an account of what the vapid British elite did when the Luftwaffe began the blitz on London - they simply packed up their stiff upper lips and ran away to Kenya to continue indulging in the obscene and debauched life of privilege which they had become accustomed to. A life

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