The Proposition
One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
6.2 38
DramaRomance
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.
Cast

Madeleine Stowe
Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh
Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt
Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia
Hannibal Thurman

Blythe Danner
Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman
Wayne Fenton

Dee Nelson
Susan Vicar

Pamela Hart
Skip Taylor

Neil Patrick Harris
Roger Martin

Josef Sommer
Dryer

Dossy Peabody
Hannibal's Secretary

Wendy Feign
Maid

Thomas Downey
Torrey Harrington
B
Bronia Wheeler
Sister Mary Frances
J
Jim Chiros
Timothy

Tom Kemp
Arthur's Chauffeur
F
Frank Toste
Frank

David Byrd
Dr. Jenkins

Larry Bull
Butler Captain (as Lawrence Bull)
M
Michael Bradshaw
Butler
W
Willy O'Donnell
Andre

Frank T. Wells
Coroner

Eric Bruno Borgman
Parishoner (uncredited)
E
Elisabeth Anne Hughes
Church Attendant (uncredited)
C
Caleb Mayo
Altar Boy (uncredited)
A
Alan Francis Sullivan
Man in Church (uncredited)

Dared Wright
Boston Cop (uncredited)
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