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The comedians / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Peter Glenville ; screenplay by Graham Greene ; directed Peter Glenville.

Summary:

A sardonic white hotel owner watches Haiti sink into barbarism with growing fatalism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1419842188
  • ISBN: 1419835823 (set)
  • ISBN: 9781419835827 (set)
  • ISBN: 9781419842184
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen version.
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Turner Entertainment : 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as motion picture in 1967.
Based on the novel by Graham Greene.
Special features include vintage featurette, "The comedians in Africa."
Participant or Performer Note:
Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Paul Ford, Lillian Gish.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC Region 1, dual-layer format; Dolby digital, English mono.
Language Note:
English language soundtrack; English, Spanish and French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject: Dictatorship > Drama.
Political corruption > Drama.
Interpersonal conflict > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Dictatorship > Drama.
Haiti > Drama.
Political corruption > Drama.
Interpersonal conflict > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Columbia Gorge Community College Library DRAMA COME 1967 (Text) 33892002444728 DVD Available -

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