The Missionary

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The Missionary
American theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Loncraine
Produced by	George Harrison Denis O'Brien Michael Palin Neville C. Thompson
Written by	Michael Palin
Starring	Michael Palin Maggie Smith Trevor Howard Denholm Elliot
Music by	Mike Moran
Cinematography	Peter Hannan
Editing by	Paul Green
Distributed by	Handmade Films Ltd.
Release date(s)	2 November 1982
Running time	90 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy directed by Richard Loncraine, produced by George Harrison, Denis O'Brian, Michael Palin (also the film's writer and co-producer) and Neville C. Thompson. The film stars Palin as the Rev. Charles Fortescue, Denholm Elliott as The Bishop of London, Michael Hordern as the butler and Maggie Smith as Isabel, Lady Ames.

Fortescue is a missionary returning from Africa after a ten year religious mission to wed his sweetheart who refuses to be touched, and because he has a new assignment. His new assignment is to minister to the prostitutes of London. Lady Ames is to fund the new assignment, but only on the condition that Reverend Fortescue share her bed.

Cast

Michael Palin as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
Maggie Smith as Lady Isabel Ames
Trevor Howard as Lord Henry Ames
Denholm Elliott as The Bishop
Michael Hordern as Slatterthwaite / Narrator
Graham Crowden as The Reverend Fitzbanks
David Suchet as Corbett
Phoebe Nicholls as Deborah Fitzbanks
Tricia George as Ada
Valerie Whittington as Emmeline
Roland Culver as Lord Fermleigh
Rosamund Greenwood as Lady Fermleigh
Timothy Spall as Parswell
Neil Innes as Singer in Gin Palace

External links

The Missionary at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
The Missionary at Allmovie
The Missionary at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Richard Loncraine

1970s	Flame (1975) · Full Circle (1977) · Secret Orchards (1979)

1980s	The Missionary (1982) · Brimstone and Treacle (1982) · Bellman and True (1987)

1990s	Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) · Richard III (1995)

2000s	The Gathering Storm (2002) · My House in Umbria (2003) · Wimbledon (2004) · Firewall (2006) · My One and Only (2009)

2010s	The Special Relationship (2010)

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