Water

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Water

1985

1h 38m

6.1(38 votes)

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Overview

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Michael Caine

Governor Baxter Thwaites

Valerie Perrine

Pamela Weintraub

Brenda Vaccaro

Dolores Thwaites

Leonard Rossiter

Sir Malcolm Leveridge

Billy Connolly

Delgado Fitzhugh

Dennis Dugan

Rob

Fulton Mackay

Eric

Oscar James

Miguel

Chris Tummings

Garfield

Eric Clapton

Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Creative team

Directed by: Dick Clement
Written by: Bill Persky
Dick Clement
Produced by: Ian La Frenais

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