''The Kitchen Toto'' is a 1988 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

written and directed by

Harry Hook Harry Hook (born 1960) is an English screenwriter, film/television director and photographer. Hook is best known for such films as '' The Last of His Tribe'' and the 1990 version of ''Lord of the Flies''. Career Harry Hook's first feature film a ...

and starring Edwin Mahinda,

Bob Peck Robert Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English actor who played Ronald Craven in the television serial ''Edge of Darkness'', for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He was also known for his role as game warden Rob ...

and

Phyllis Logan Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer f ...

Plot

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

in 1950, a British

policeman A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

takes a murdered black priest's son to live with him at his home as a houseboy.

Cast

* Edwin Mahinda as Mwangi *

as John Graham *

as Janet Graham * Nicholas Charles as Mugo * Ronald Pirie as Edward Graham * Robert Urquhart as D.C. McKinnon * Kirsten Hughes as Mary McKinnon *

Edward Judd Edward Judd (4 October 1932 – 24 February 2009) was a British actor. Biography Born in Shanghai, he and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked China five years later. His career was at its peak in the 1960s ...

as Dick Luis * Nathan Dambuza Mdledle as Mzee, Mwangi's Father * Ann Wanjuga as Mwangi's Mother * Job Seda as Kamau * Leo Wringer as Sergeant Stephen *

Paul Onsongo Paul Onsongo (born 21 July 1948) is a Kenyan actor. He is most notable for the roles in the films ''Mountains of the Moon'', ''Küken für Kairo'' and ''The Flame Trees of Thika''. Personal life He was born on 21 July 1948 in Mombasa, Kenya. Ca ...

as Thenge Oath giver

References

External links

* 1987 films 1987 drama films Films directed by Harry Hook Films set in 1950 Films set in Kenya Films set in the British Empire Films shot in Kenya British drama films Black British cinema Black British mass media Black British films Golan-Globus films 1988 drama films 1988 films 1980s English-language films 1980s British films {{1980s-UK-film-stub