The read
A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 38 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 79% of the 1,003 1980s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 38 points higher than audiences do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard LoncraineDirector
- Michael PalinWriter
- Mike MoranOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael PalinThe Reverend Charles Fortescue
- Maggie SmithLady Isabel Ames
- Trevor HowardLord Henry Ames
- Denholm ElliottThe Bishop of London
- Graham CrowdenFitzbanks
- Phoebe NichollsDeborah Fitzbanks
- Michael HordernSlatterthewaite/Narrator
- David SuchetCorbett
- Timothy SpallParswell
- Tricia GeorgeAda
- Valerie WhittingtonEmmeline
- Roland CulverLord Fermleigh
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