The Proposition (1998)

03/26/1998 (US) • 1h 50m

Drama, Romance

One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Madeleine Stowe

Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh

Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt

Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia

Hannibal Thurman

Bronia Wheeler

Sister Mary Frances

Blythe Danner

Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman

Wayne Fenton

Thomas Downey

Torrey Harrington


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$147,773.00

Keywords

parish

sterility

priest

miscarriage

woman director

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