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Blind Justice is a British film of genre Drama with Christopher Cazenove
Blind Justice (1988)
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Add to a movie listBlind Justice (also known as Hold My Hand I'm Dying) is a 1988 film directed by Terence Ryan, written by Mark Ezra and starring Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Reed, Patrick Shai and Edita Brychta. Based on the book by John Gordon Davis, it was commercially released in Italy in October 1988.
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When the British territory of Southern Rhodesia issues a unilateral declaration of independence in 1965, it means freedom and hope for some; despair, fear, and death for others. The one thing certain is that nobody can escape the changes it will bring - least of all Joseph Mahoney, the last colonial commissioner in Kariba Gorge, who finds himself charged with a vast region thrown into turmoil as UDI becomes reality. With the assistance of Afrikaner naturalist Suzie de Villiers and his loyal Ndebele manservant Sampson, Mahoney finds himself struggling to see justice administered to all despite unsympathetic colonists, tribal intrigues, and a mounting rural insurgency. Meanwhile, Sampson finds himself torn between his commitment to ZAPU nationalists and his friendship with Joseph. After Mahoney settles permanently in Rhodesia on Suzie's farm, ZIPRA orders Sampson to bomb the homestead; the latter is appalled, and only carries out his attack when his employers are away.Actors
Christopher Cazenove
(Joseph Mahoney)
Oliver Reed
(Ian Ballinger)
Edita Brychta
(Suzanna de Villiers)
Henry Cele
(Kamisu)
Siegfried Mynhardt
(Jan de Villiers)
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