The Proposition (1998)

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The Proposition on IMDb 6.3/10 1,918 votes

Released:
1998-03-26

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.

Director:
Lesli Linka Glatter

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

  • Cast:
  • Madeleine Stowe
    as
    Eleanor Barret
  • Kenneth Branagh
    as
    Father Michael McKinnon
  • William Hurt
    as
    Arthur Barret
  • Robert Loggia
    as
    Hannibal Thurman
  • Blythe Danner
    as
    Syril Danning