Scoop
Scoop
Release: 1987-04-26
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 5.2
Comedy
TV Movie
Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to Ishmaelia (a fictional African state) by accident.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
LWT
Cast
Robert Eddison
as Troutbeck
Nicholas Le Prevost
as John Boot
Jake Wood
as Paper Boy
Nicola Pagett
as Julia Stitch
Lucy Speed
as Josephine Stitch
Fred Pearson
as Editor
Jack Shepherd
as Corker
Michael Maloney
as William Boot
Donald Pleasence
as Lord Copper
Clive Mantle
as Cuthbert
Tony Haygarth
as Pigge
Chua Kah Joo
as Lascar Steward
Michael Hordern
as Uncle Theodor
Denholm Elliott
as Salter
Helen Lindsay
as Mrs. Boot
