A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Elenco: Greta Scacchi , Charles Dance , Joss Ackland , Sarah Miles , Geraldine Chaplin , Murray Head , John Hurt , Susan Fleetwood , Catherine Neilson , Ray McAnally , Trevor Howard , Hugh Grant , Alan Dobie , Jacqueline Pearce , Gregor Fisher , Wensley Pithey , Susannah Harker , Gary Beadle , Nigel Le Vaillant , Ron Donachie , Bill Moody , Louis Mahoney , Stephan Chase .