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    Mister Johnson 1990 POSTER

    Mister Johnson

    1990

    English

    6.4

    ♡ 8

    76%

    63%

    Action

    africa

    british colonial

    Drama

    nigeria

    trade

    tribal law

    worker

    Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Director Steve James Steve James as Aliu Denis Quilley Denis Quilley as Bulteen Beatie Edney Beatie Edney as Celia Rudbeck Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan as Harry Rudbeck
    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.
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