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The Proposition
Film / 1998

The Proposition

Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
DramaRomance

★ 5.9/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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 StoweEleanor Barret Kenneth BranaghFather Michael McKinnon William HurtArthur Barret Robert LoggiaHannibal Thurman Blythe DannerSyril Danning Ken CheesemanWayne Fenton Dee NelsonSusan Vicar Pamela HartSkip Taylor Neil Patrick HarrisRoger Martin Josef SommerDryer Dossy PeabodyHannibal's Secretary Wendy FeignMaid
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Thomas DowneyTorrey Harrington Bronia WheelerSister Mary Frances Jim ChirosTimothy Tom KempArthur's Chauffeur Frank TosteFrank David ByrdDr. Jenkins Larry BullButler Captain (as Lawrence Bull) Michael BradshawButler Willy O'DonnellAndre Frank T. WellsCoroner Eric Bruno BorgmanParishoner (uncredited) Elisabeth Anne HughesChurch Attendant (uncredited) Caleb MayoAltar Boy (uncredited) Alan Francis SullivanMan in Church (uncredited) Dared WrightBoston Cop (uncredited)

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