White Mischief (film)

For the festival, see White Mischief (festival).

White Mischief
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Radford
Screenplay byMichael Radford
Jonathan Gems
Based onWhite Mischief
by James Fox
Produced bySimon Perry
Starring
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byTom Priestley
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
companies
Columbia Pictures[1]
Nelson Entertainment
Goldcrest
Umbrella Films[1]
Power Tower Investments (Kenya)[1]
BBC
Curzon Film Distributors[1]
Jake Eberts[1]
British Screen[1]
Distributed byColumbia Pictures (through Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors)
Curzon
Release date
  • 1987 (1987) (United Kingdom)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£8 million[2] or $8.5 million[3]
Box office£1,532,903 (UK)[4][1]

White Mischief is a 1987 British drama film starring Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance and Joss Ackland. It was directed by Michael Radford. The film was based upon the non-fiction book White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll (1982), by James Fox, which originated from a newspaper article published in 1969.[5]

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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 31. ISBN 1-84457-108-4.
  2. ^ Power, James. "Requiem for a shooting party." Sunday Times [London, England] 12 Apr. 1987: 51. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference sight was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Olins, Rufus (24 September 1995). "Mr Fixit of the British Screen; Simon Perry". The Sunday Times. Gale Academic OneFile Select.
  5. ^ White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll, by James Fox, Vintage Books, 1998, ISBN 0-394-75687-8