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Release Date:
July 14, 1994
Original Title:
A Good Man in Africa
Alternate Titles:
Der letzte Held von Afrika
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Gramercy Pictures
Universal Pictures
Production Countries:
South Africa | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 US: R
Runtime: 94
Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.
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Art Direction:
Graeme Orwin
Casting:
Susie Figgis
Billy Hopkins
Cinematography:
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Co-Producer:
William Boyd
Costume Design:
Rosemary Burrows
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Editor:
Jim Clark
Executive Producer:
Jane Barclay
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
Sharon Harel-Cohen
Avi Lerner
Key Hair Stylist:
Lloyd Power
Makeup Artist:
Tracy Crystal
Ilona Herman
Novel:
William Boyd
Original Music Composer:
John Du Prez
Producer:
Bruce Beresford
John Fiedler
Mark Tarlov
Production Design:
Herbert Pinter
Set Decoration:
Victor Botha
Writer:
William Boyd
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