The Proposition
Movie19981 h 50 minR
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Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Directed by: Lesli Linka GlatterDrama, Romance
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Overview
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Cast
Madeleine Stowe
Eleanor Barret
Kenneth Branagh
Father Michael McKinnon
William Hurt
Arthur Barret
Robert Loggia
Hannibal Thurman
Blythe Danner
Syril Danning
Ken Cheeseman
Wayne Fenton
Dee Nelson
Susan Vicar
Pamela Hart
Skip Taylor
Neil Patrick Harris
Roger Martin
Josef Sommer
Dryer
Dossy Peabody
Hannibal's Secretary
Wendy Feign
Maid
Thomas Downey
Torrey Harrington
Bronia Wheeler
Sister Mary Frances
Jim Chiros
Timothy
Tom Kemp
Arthur's Chauffeur
Frank Toste
Frank
David Byrd
Dr. Jenkins
Larry Bull
Butler Captain (as Lawrence Bull)
Michael Bradshaw
Butler
Willy O'Donnell
Andre
Frank T. Wells
Coroner
Eric Bruno Borgman
Parishoner (uncredited)
Elisabeth Anne Hughes
Church Attendant (uncredited)