The Kitchen Toto
| The Kitchen Toto | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Harry Hook |
| Written by | Harry Hook |
| Produced by | Ann Skinner |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Tom Priestley |
| Music by | John E. Keane |
Production companies | British Screen Productions Channel Four Films Skreba Films |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1.77 million[1] |
The Kitchen Toto is a 1988 British drama film written and directed by Harry Hook and starring Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck and Phyllis Logan.[2]
Plot[edit]
In Kenya in 1950, a British policeman takes a murdered black priest's son to live with him at his home as a houseboy.
Cast[edit]
- Edwin Mahinda as Mwangi
- Bob Peck as John Graham
- Phyllis Logan as Janet Graham
- Nicholas Charles as Mugo
- Ronald Pirie as Edward Graham
- Robert Urquhart as D.C. McKinnon
- Kirsten Hughes as Mary McKinnon
- Edward Judd as Dick Luis
- Nathan Dambuza Mdledle as Mzee, Mwangi's Father
- Ann Wanjuga as Mwangi's Mother
- Job Seda as Kamau
- Leo Wringer as Sergeant Stephen
- Paul Onsongo as Thenge Oath giver
References[edit]
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 25.
- ^ "The Kitchen Toto (1987) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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Categories:
- 1988 films
- 1987 films
- 1987 drama films
- Films directed by Harry Hook
- Films set in 1950
- Films set in Kenya
- Films set in the British Empire
- Films shot in Kenya
- British drama films
- English-language drama films
- Black British films
- Golan-Globus films
- 1988 drama films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s British films
- 1980s British film stubs