---
title: 'Mister Johnson (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bruce Beresford'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mister-johnson-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102458/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mister Johnson (1990)

1990 · 97 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Mister Johnson is a 1990 American drama film based on the 1939 novel by Irish author Joyce Cary. The film, set in 1929, stars first-time actor Maynard Eziashi as a Nigerian who works as a clerk for the British civil service and adopts the style of the British colonialists in the belief that he is a true Englishman. It was the first American film to be shot on location in Nigeria.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bruce Beresford](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-beresford)
- **Screenplay:** [William Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-boyd)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [Michael Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-fitzgerald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter James](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-james)

## Cast

- [Edward Woodward](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-woodward)
- [Beatie Edney](https://cinepixo.com/people/beatie-edney)
- [Denis Quilley](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-quilley)
- [Steve James](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-james)
- [Maynard Eziashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maynard-eziashi)
- [Pierce Brosnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierce-brosnan)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mister-johnson-1990
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1989864); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.