Cast
Michael Palin (The Reverend Charles Fortescue)Maggie Smith (Lady Isabel Ames)Trevor Howard (Lord Henry Ames)Denholm Elliott (The Bishop)Michael Hordern (Slatterthwaite)Graham Crowden (The Reverend Fitzbanks)David Suchet (Corbett)Phoebe Nicholls (Deborah Fitzbanks)Tricia George (Ada)Valerie Whittington (Emmeline)Roland Culver (Lord Fermleigh)Rosamund Greenwood (Lady Fermleigh)Timothy Spall (Parswell)Neil Innes (Singer in Gin Palace)John Barrett (Old Man outside Hotel)Dawn Archibald (Mission Girl)Frances Barber (Mission Girl)Debby Bishop (Mission Girl)
Director
Richard Loncraine
Synopsis
In the early 20th Century, devout Reverend Charles Fortesque returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local prostitutes.
