White Mischief

Based On the book by James Fox

White Mischief is a 1987 British period crime drama film directed and co-written by Michael Radford. It 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 film stars Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland, Sarah Miles, Geraldine Chaplin, Ray McAnally, Murray Head, John Hurt, and Trevor Howard. The screenplay is based on the non-fiction book White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll (1982), by James Fox, which originated from a newspaper article published in 1969.

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Release date:

1987

Director:

Michael Radford

Cast:

Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland, Sarah Miles, John Hurt

Genre:

Crime, Biographical, Trial

Country:

United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Language:

English

Year page:

1987 in adaptations