Amongst Barbarians

Jul 11, 1990

1h 15m

★ 0.0

Overview

Amongst Barbarians is set far away from Margaret Thatcher's Britain in Penang, Malaysia, a former British colony, where two young Englishmen have been arrested for drug trafficking. As they both face the death penalty, their relatives travel to Penang to come to their rescue. However, they soon find out that there is nothing they can do to save the boys' lives. In the course of their futile attempts at influencing the authorities, their racism becomes more than apparent. The question which is never made explicit is of course who the real barbarians are. Wall's play is based on a true story and featured David Jason's first straight acting role on TV.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

George

David Jason

Wendy

Rowena Cooper

Toni

Anne Carroll

Bryan

Lee Ross

Ralph

Con O'Neill

Lilly

Kathy Burke

Katie

Josephine Welcome

Gaoler

Madhav Sharma

British Consul

Anthony Smee

Barman

Ricardo Sibelo

Reporter

Keith Varnier

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