The Kitchen Toto

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The Kitchen Toto
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Harry Hook
Written byHarry Hook
Produced byAnn Skinner
Starring
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Edited byTom Priestley
Music byJohn E. Keane
Production
companies
British Screen Productions
Channel Four Films
Skreba Films
Distributed by Cannon Films
Release date
  • 13 May 1988 (1988-05-13)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1.77 million [1]

The Kitchen Toto is a 1988 British drama film written and directed by Harry Hook and starring Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck and Phyllis Logan. [2]

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Plot

In Kenya in 1950, a British policeman takes a murdered black priest's son to live with him at his home as a houseboy.

Cast

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References

  1. "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 25.
  2. "The Kitchen Toto (1987) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2017.