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A Good Man in Africa
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A Good Man in Africa

Jul 14, 1994
1h 34m
★ 4.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

Gramercy Pictures
Universal Pictures

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Cast

Colin Friels

Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner

Colin Friels

Sean Connery

Dr. Alex Murray

Sean Connery

John Lithgow

Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

John Lithgow

Diana Rigg

Chloe Fanshawe

Diana Rigg

Joanne Whalley

Celia Adekunle

Joanne Whalley

Louis Gossett Jr.

Prof. Sam Adekunle

Louis Gossett Jr.

Maynard Eziashi

Friday, Leafy's Houseman

Maynard Eziashi

Jeremy Crutchley

Dickie Dalmire

Jeremy Crutchley

Sarah-Jane Fenton

Priscilla Fanshawe

Sarah-Jane Fenton

Jackie Mofokeng

Hazel, Leafy's Mistress

Jackie Mofokeng

Daphne Greenwood

Duchess

Daphne Greenwood

Themba Ndaba

Kojo

Themba Ndaba

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