The Proposition

The Proposition

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

6.1(37)
1998
1h 50m
19
50
3.7(85)
DramaRomance

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3.7
(85 ratings)

Rating Distribution

5
10 (12%)
4
45 (53%)
3
26 (31%)
2
2 (2%)
1
0 (0%)

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

Production

Interscope Communications

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Revenue

$147,773

Cast

Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe

Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt

William Hurt

Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Hannibal Thurman

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman

Ken Cheeseman

Wayne Fenton

Dee Nelson

Dee Nelson

Susan Vicar

Pamela Hart

Pamela Hart

Skip Taylor

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Roger Martin

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Dryer

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