The Proposition (1998)
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.
- Released
- 1998-03-26
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lesli Linka Glatter
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 42 votes
Cast
- Madeleine Stowe as Eleanor Barret
- Kenneth Branagh as Father Michael McKinnon
- William Hurt as Arthur Barret
- Robert Loggia as Hannibal Thurman
- Blythe Danner as Syril Danning
- Ken Cheeseman as Wayne Fenton
- Dee Nelson as Susan Vicar
- Pamela Hart as Skip Taylor
- Neil Patrick Harris as Roger Martin
- Josef Sommer as Dryer
- Dossy Peabody as Hannibal's Secretary
- Wendy Feign as Maid