Mister Johnson

1990

English

6.4

♡ 8

76%

Bruce Beresford Director

Steve James as Aliu

Denis Quilley as Bulteen

Beatie Edney as Celia Rudbeck

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.