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The Proposition
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Movie · 1998

The Proposition

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

TMDB 6.0 / 101998110 min

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.

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★ 6.0 / 1019981h 50mMovie

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.

Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter

Genres: Drama, Romance

Cast

Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe

Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt

William Hurt

Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Hannibal Thurman

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman

Ken Cheeseman

Wayne Fenton

Dee Nelson

Dee Nelson

Susan Vicar

Pamela Hart

Pamela Hart

Skip Taylor

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Roger Martin

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Dryer

Dossy Peabody

Dossy Peabody

Hannibal's Secretary

Wendy Feign

Wendy Feign

Maid

Thomas Downey

Thomas Downey

Torrey Harrington

B

Bronia Wheeler

Sister Mary Frances

J

Jim Chiros

Timothy

Tom Kemp

Tom Kemp

Arthur's Chauffeur

F

Frank Toste

Frank

David Byrd

David Byrd

Dr. Jenkins

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