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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.
White Mischief: Directed by Michael Radford. With Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Greta Scacchi. In 1940s Kenya, a love affair between a British aristocrat and a married woman triggers a scandal that shakes the hedonistic Happy Valley society.
Director: Michael Radford Cast Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, Greta Scacchi A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find t...
White Mischief. 100 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1988. Roger Ebert. May 13, 1988. 4 min read. In the years between the first and second world wars, the more affluent British settlers in Kenya developed a lifestyle that became famous for its luxury and scandalous for its decadence.
Apr 12, 2012 · The killing of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, in 1941 gripped a nation caught up in the grind of war. Immortalised in the book and film White Mischief, starring Charles Dance and Greta...
White Mischief is a book by British journalist James Fox, first published in hardback 1982 by Jonathan Cape and in paperback in 1984 by Penguin. [1] It is an account of the unsolved murder in 1941 of Josslyn Hay, the Earl of Erroll, a British expatriate in Kenya.
When millionaire landowner Sir Jock Broughton (Joss Ackland) moves to colonized Kenya on the eve of World War II, his young trophy wife, Diana (Greta Scacchi), quickly grows tired...
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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.
5 days ago · The film dramatizes a true story, in which a newly married young woman (Diana Caldwell – Greta Scacchi) to a much older man arrives in “Happy Valley,” Kenya and becomes involved with a Casanova type (Josslyn Hay – Charles Dance) who is part of a set of elite Brits who do a lot of drugs, have a lot of sex, and generally live it up.
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.
