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The Happy Valley(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-09-06
68%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Overview:
In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven months after the first transmission of The Happy Valley.
Languages: English, Swahili.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Stagescreen Productions
Centre Films
Movie: The Happy Valley
Top 10 Billed Cast
Denholm Elliott
Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton
Holly Aird
Juanita Carberry
Kathryn Pogson
June Carberry
Michael Byrne
John Carberry
Cathryn Harrison
Helen Tapsell
Amanda Hillwood
Lady Diana Delves Broughton
Peter Sands
Lord Erroll
Richard Heffer
Assistant Superintendent Poppy
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In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven months after the first transmission of The Happy Valley.
Release Date
1987-09-06
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