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.
Drama, Romance
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
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