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The Proposition

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

1998★ 6.1 · 401h 50mDramaRomance

Overview

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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Cast

Kenneth Branagh
as Father Michael McKinnon

Madeleine Stowe
as Eleanor Barret

William Hurt
as Arthur Barret

Neil Patrick Harris
as Roger Martin

Blythe Danner
as Syril Danning

Robert Loggia
as Hannibal Thurman

Josef Sommer
as Dryer

Tom Kemp
as Arthur's Chauffeur

Wendy Feign
as Maid

Thomas Downey
as Torrey Harrington

Frank T. Wells
as Coroner

Dee Nelson
as Susan Vicar

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6.1/ 10

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Release date: 1998-03-26

Revenue: $147,773

Runtime: 1h 50m

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DramaRomance

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