Film
The Missionary
United Kingdom- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Richard Loncraine
- Year
- 1982
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Top cast
Michael Palin
The Reverend Charles Fortescue
Maggie Smith
Lady Isabel Ames
Trevor Howard
Lord Henry Ames
Denholm Elliott
The Bishop of London
Graham Crowden
Fitzbanks
Phoebe Nicholls
Deborah Fitzbanks
Michael Hordern
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
David Suchet
Corbett
Timothy Spall
Parswell
Tricia George
Ada
Valerie Whittington
Emmeline
Roland Culver
Lord Fermleigh
Rosamund Greenwood
Lady Fermleigh
Janine Duvitski
Millicent
Tilly Vosburgh
Fermleigh's Maid
Hugh Walters
Fermleigh's Doctor
Derrick O'Connor
Gym Trainer
Neil Innes
Singer at Gin Palace
Directed by
Richard Loncraine
Written by
Michael Palin
Produced by
Michael Palin, Neville C. Thompson