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The Proposition

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

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.

Top 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

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.

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