The Proposition
One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.
1998-03-26 | 110 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Madeleine StoweEleanor Barret
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Kenneth BranaghFather Michael McKinnon
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William HurtArthur Barret
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Robert LoggiaHannibal Thurman
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Blythe DannerSyril Danning
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Ken CheesemanWayne Fenton
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Dee NelsonSusan Vicar
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Pamela HartSkip Taylor
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Neil Patrick HarrisRoger Martin
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Josef SommerDryer
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Dossy PeabodyHannibal's Secretary
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Wendy FeignMaid
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Thomas DowneyTorrey Harrington
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Tom KempArthur's Chauffeur
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David ByrdDr. Jenkins
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Larry BullButler Captain (as Lawrence Bull)
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