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The Comedians is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Glenville released in USA on 31 october 1967 with Elizabeth Taylor
The Comedians (1967)
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Add to a movie listThe Comedians is a 1967 film directed and produced by Peter Glenville, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, who also wrote the screenplay. The stars were Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov and Alec Guinness.
Paul Ford and Lillian Gish had supporting roles as a presidential candidate and wife, as did James Earl Jones as an island doctor.
Set in Haiti during the Papa Doc Duvalier regime, it was filmed in Dahomey. The film tells the story of a sardonic white hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism and squalor.
The role played by Elizabeth Taylor was originally intended for Sophia Loren.
The film's tag line was: "They lie, they cheat, they destroy… they even try to love.
Synopsis
A ship arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Four of the alighting passengers are: Major H. O. Jones (Alec Guinness), a British businessman with a letter of invitation to do business with the government; an elderly American couple, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Paul Ford and Lillian Gish) who wish to set up a vegetarian complex for education and nutrition for the locals, and the central character, a cynical, washed-up hotel owner named Brown, portrayed by Richard Burton.Actors
Elizabeth Taylor
(Martha Pineda)
Richard Burton
(Brown)
Alec Guinness
(Major H. O. Jones)
Peter Ustinov
(Ambassador Manuel Pineda)
Lillian Gish
(Mrs. Smith)
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