1h 41m1991

Mister Johnson

Name: Mister Johnson
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-03-22
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Beatie Edney, Denis Quilley

“Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a black man too smart for his own good.”

Drama

6.2/10

TMDB rating · 40 votes

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In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.

Director: Bruce Beresford
Writers: Joyce Cary, William Boyd
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 22 March 1991

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