The Proposition
The Proposition
Release: 1998-03-26
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 6.1
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Interscope Communications
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Cast
Dared Wright
as Boston Cop (uncredited)
Madeleine Stowe
as Eleanor Barret
William Hurt
as Arthur Barret
Ken Cheeseman
as Wayne Fenton
Dee Nelson
as Susan Vicar
Neil Patrick Harris
as Roger Martin
Frank T. Wells
as Coroner
Eric Bruno Borgman
as Parishoner (uncredited)
Kenneth Branagh
as Father Michael McKinnon
Robert Loggia
as Hannibal Thurman
Pamela Hart
as Skip Taylor
Dossy Peabody
as Hannibal's Secretary
Tom Kemp
as Arthur's Chauffeur
David Byrd
as Dr. Jenkins
Larry Bull
as Butler Captain (as Lawrence Bull)
Blythe Danner
as Syril Danning
Josef Sommer
as Dryer
Wendy Feign
as Maid
Thomas Downey
as Torrey Harrington