Scoop (1987)

Directors

Gavin Millar

Cast

Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Herbert Lom, Nicola Pagett, Donald Pleasence, Renée Soutendijk, Michael Maloney, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Jack Shepherd, Christian Berkel, Tony Haygarth, John Harding, Vera Jakob, Nicholas Le Prevost, Helen Lindsay, Leon Sinden, Lucy Speed, Clive Mantle, Rosamund Greenwood, Victoria Hasted, Maev Alexander, Tony Alleff, William Armstrong, Nicholas Barnes, Brian Bovell, Burt Caesar, Jeillo Edwards, Robert Eddison, Angela Galbraith, Chua Kahjoo, Gwen Nelson

The story

In a case of mistaken identity, a naive young columnist for The Daily Beast is sent to cover a war in Ishmaelia. A confused editor, Mr. Salter (Denholm Elliott), acting on the orders of his much feared 'boss', Lord Copper (Donald Pleasence), tells William Boot (Michael Maloney) to cover the ongoing war as the correspondent for the Beast.

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