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Amongst Barbarians

07/11/1990

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0hr 0min

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Drama

STORY

Amongst Barbarians is set far away from Margaret Thatcher's Britain in Penang, Malaysia, a former British colony, where two young Englishmen have been arrested for drug trafficking. As they both face the death penalty, their relatives travel to Penang to come to their rescue. However, they soon find out that there is nothing they can do to save the boys' lives. In the course of their futile attempts at influencing the authorities, their racism becomes more than apparent. The question which is never made explicit is of course who the real barbarians are. Wall's play is based on a true story and featured David Jason's first straight acting role on TV.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • David Jason
  • Rowena Cooper
  • Anne Carroll
  • Lee Ross
  • Con O'Neill

    Director

  • Jane Howell

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    David Jason

    George

    Rowena Cooper

    Wendy

    Anne Carroll

    Toni

    Lee Ross

    Bryan

    Con O'Neill

    Ralph

    Kathy Burke

    Lilly

    Josephine Welcome

    Katie

    Madhav Sharma

    Gaoler

    Anthony Smee

    British Consul

    Ricardo Sibelo

    Barman