The Proposition
movie

One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.
Released March 26, 1998
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.
Cast

Madeleine Stowe
as
Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh
as
Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt
as
Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia
as
Hannibal Thurman

Blythe Danner
as
Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman
as
Wayne Fenton

Dee Nelson
as
Susan Vicar

Pamela Hart
as
Skip Taylor

Neil Patrick Harris
as
Roger Martin

Josef Sommer
as
Dryer

Dossy Peabody
as
Hannibal's Secretary

Wendy Feign
as
Maid
Crew

Lesli Linka Glatter
as
Director
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Rick Ramage
as
Writer

Ted Field
as
Producer
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Scott Kroopf
as
Producer

Diane Nabatoff
as
Producer

Peter Sova
as
Director of Photography
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Jacqueline Cambas
as
Editor
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Elaine J. Huzzar
as
Casting

Johanna Ray
as
Casting
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David Brisbin
as
Production Design

Anna B. Sheppard
as
Costume Design
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Kate Lewis
as
Script Supervisor