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Feature film — 1994

A Good Man in Africa (1994)

4.91h 34mComedy — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 46 votes.

Gramercy Pictures / Universal Pictures

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Director: Bruce Beresford

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Cast & crew

Colin Friels as Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner

Colin Friels

Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner

Sean Connery as Dr. Alex Murray

Sean Connery

Dr. Alex Murray

John Lithgow as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

John Lithgow

Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

Diana Rigg as Chloe Fanshawe

Diana Rigg

Chloe Fanshawe

Joanne Whalley as Celia Adekunle

Joanne Whalley

Celia Adekunle

Louis Gossett Jr. as Prof. Sam Adekunle

Louis Gossett Jr.

Prof. Sam Adekunle

Maynard Eziashi as Friday, Leafy's Houseman

Maynard Eziashi

Friday, Leafy's Houseman

Jeremy Crutchley as Dickie Dalmire

Jeremy Crutchley

Dickie Dalmire

S

Sarah-Jane Fenton

Priscilla Fanshawe

J

Jackie Mofokeng

Hazel, Leafy's Mistress

D

Daphne Greenwood

Duchess

Themba Ndaba as Kojo

Themba Ndaba

Kojo

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