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The Comedians is a 1967 American political drama film directed and produced by British filmmaker Peter Glenville, based on the 1966 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.
The Comedians: Directed by Peter Glenville. With Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov. A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
- (2.3K)
- Drama
- Peter Glenville
- 1967-10-31
The movie tries to be serious and politically significant, and succeeds only in being tedious and pompous. Still, you have to hand it to Liz and Dick: For them to make a movie attacking Papa Doc Duvalier's dictatorship took even more courage than when Senator Dirksen defended the marigold.
A cruise ship arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with four passengers: 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 have the idea to invest in the nation to set up a vegetarian complex for educ...
An English hotel owner (Richard Burton) woos a diplomat's wife (Elizabeth Taylor) and goads an arms dealer (Alec Guinness) in "Papa Doc" Duvalier's Haiti.
- (11)
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Peter Glenville
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Brief Synopsis. American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
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