Mister Johnson

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

6.2101m1991

Drama

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.

Directed by Bruce Beresford

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Cast

Maynard Eziashi

Mister Johnson

Pierce Brosnan

Harry Rudbeck

Edward Woodward

Sargy Gollup

Beatie Edney

Celia Rudbeck

Denis Quilley

Bulteen

N

Nick Reding

Tring

Bella Enahoro

Bamu

F

Femi Fatoba

Waziri

Kwabena Manso

Benjamin

Steve James

Aliu

H

Hubert Ogunde

Brimah

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