American Friends (1991)
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.
- Released
- 1991-03-22
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tristram Powell
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Michael Palin as Rev. Francis Ashby
- Trini Alvarado as Elinor Hartley
- Connie Booth as Caroline Hartley
- Alfred Molina as Oliver Syme
- Bryan Pringle as Haskell
- Jonathan Firth as Cable
- Susan Denaker as Mrs. Cantrell
- David Calder as Pollitt
- Robert Eddison as Rushden - The President
- Simon Jones as Anderson
- Fred Pearson as Hapgood
- Ian Dunn as Gowers