The Proposition

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

Duration: 110 min

Release date: 1998-03-26

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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

The Proposition

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Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe

as Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

as Father Michael McKinnon

as Arthur Barret

as Hannibal Thurman

as Syril Danning

as Wayne Fenton

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

as Roger Martin

as Hannibal's Secretary

as Torrey Harrington

as Sister Mary Frances

as Arthur's Chauffeur

as Butler Captain (as Lawrence Bull)

Michael Bradshaw

Michael Bradshaw

Willy O'Donnell

Willy O'Donnell

Eric Bruno Borgman

Eric Bruno Borgman

as Parishoner (uncredited)

Elisabeth Anne Hughes

Elisabeth Anne Hughes

as Church Attendant (uncredited)

as Altar Boy (uncredited)

Alan Francis Sullivan

Alan Francis Sullivan

as Man in Church (uncredited)

as Boston Cop (uncredited)

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Lesli Linka Glatter

Lesli Linka Glatter

Production Design

Director of Photography

Elaine J. Huzzar

Elaine J. Huzzar

Jacqueline Cambas

Jacqueline Cambas

Anna B. Sheppard

Anna B. Sheppard

Script Supervisor

Property Master

Special Effects

Stephen Endelman

Stephen Endelman

Original Music Composer

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