The Proposition (1998)

6.1/10 110 min Drama Romance

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

Tom Kemp

Arthur's Chauffeur

David Byrd

Dr. Jenkins

Larry Bull

Butler Captain (as Lawrence Bull)

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