A Good Man in Africa (film)
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Produced by | Bruce Beresford John Fiedler Mark Tarlov |
| Written by | William Boyd |
| Starring | Colin Friels Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Sean Connery John Lithgow Louis Gossett Jr. Diana Rigg |
| Music by | John Du Prez |
| Distributed by | Grammercy Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  September 9, 1994 |
| Running time | 94 min |
| Language | English |
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A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 film, based on the novel A Good Man in Africa (written by William Boyd in (1981)), and directed by Bruce Beresford.
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[edit] Synopsis
Morgan Leafy is British diplomat and works in the small African state of Ninjana, in the process of decolonisation. Arthur Fanshawe, a new member of the Commission, brings Leafy the news that oil has just been discovered in Ninjana. For the British to obtain the benefits of such unexpected news, they must maintain good relations with the man who appears likely to be the next president of Ninjana, Sam Adekunle. But a diplomatic crisis occurs: a woman dies at the High Commission and the British want to prolong the native burial honors for several days.
[edit] Main Cast
- Colin Friels: Morgan Leafy
- Sean Connery: Dr. Alex Murray
- John Lithgow: Arthur Fanshawe
- Diana Rigg: Chloe Fanshawe
- Louis Gossett Jr.: Prof. Sam Adekunle
- Joanne Whalley: Celia Adekunle
- Sarah-Jane Fenton: Priscilla Fanshawe
[edit] Trivia
This the first time Sean Connery and Diana Rigg acted together. Diana Rigg was the Bond Girl of the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the 1st "official" James Bond film without Sean Connery as 007. Diana Rigg had worked before with another actor of 007 (out of the James Bond franchise), Roger Moore, in some episodes of the TV series The Avengers.
