A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 14, 1994

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.

A Good Man in Africa

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 14, 1994

A Good Man in Africa
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.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Universal Pictures, Gramercy Pictures
Original title A Good Man in Africa
Directors Bruce Beresford
Writers William Boyd

Cast

Colin Friels

as Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner

Sean Connery

as Dr. Alex Murray

John Lithgow

as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

Diana Rigg

as Chloe Fanshawe

Joanne Whalley

as Celia Adekunle

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Prof. Sam Adekunle

Maynard Eziashi

as Friday, Leafy's Houseman

Jeremy Crutchley

as Dickie Dalmire

Sarah-Jane Fenton

as Priscilla Fanshawe

Jackie Mofokeng

as Hazel, Leafy's Mistress

Daphne Greenwood

as Duchess

Themba Ndaba

as Kojo

David Phetoe

as Isaiah