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Apr 29, 1988 · The Kitchen Toto: Directed by Harry Hook. With Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan, Nicholas Charles. The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
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- Harry Hook
- PG-13
- Bob Peck, Edwin Mahinda, Phyllis Logan
District Officer (Bob Peck) and his wife (Phyllis Logan) attempt to maintain order in the dying days of English colonialism. Out of charity they employ a little boy, the son of a local family as a kitchen toto, and the child forms an unequal friendship with son of the household.
The Kitchen Toto is a 1988 British drama film written and directed by Harry Hook and starring Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck and Phyllis Logan.
- £1.77 million
- Ann Skinner
- John E. Keane
- 13 May 1988
The Kitchen Toto. In 1950s Kenya, a preacher (Nathan Dambuza Mdledle) speaks out against the Mau Mau terrorists and is killed for it, leaving his young son, Mwangi (Edwin Mahinda), to fend...
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- Harry Hook
- PG-13
- Bob Peck
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May 13, 1988 · At once contemplative and anguished, “The Kitchen Toto” is a superb film and represents an astonishingly assured debut for the Kenya-born Hook, a graduate of London’s National Film School.
The Kitchen Toto (1987) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 35m 1987. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Political and racial tensions in 1950's Kenya, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. Cast & Crew. Read More. Harry Hook. Director. Edwin Mahinda. Mwangi. Bob Peck. John Graham. Phyllis Logan. Janet Graham.
