MOVIE
The Proposition
“One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.”
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.
Release / first air1998-03-26
Original languageEN
GenresDrama, Romance
DirectorLesli Linka Glatter
WriterRick Ramage
BudgetNot available
Revenue$147,773
ProductionInterscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Cast & Crew
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Madeleine StoweEleanor Barret
Kenneth BranaghFather Michael McKinnon
William HurtArthur Barret
Robert LoggiaHannibal Thurman
Blythe DannerSyril Danning
Ken CheesemanWayne Fenton
Dee NelsonSusan Vicar
Pamela HartSkip Taylor
Neil Patrick HarrisRoger Martin
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