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The Cinema
The Missionary
There's every reason why you
may have missed The Missionary. For starters, it's British, and was made in
1982. But look at this 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
Fortescue is a missionary
returning from
Africa after a ten year religious mission to wed his sweetheart who
refuses to be touched. His new assignment is to minister to the prostitutes of London. The movie is
played dead-pan, and it's more a series of skits than an in depth
comedy period piece; and the ending is rather abrupt and
unsatisfying. So what, it's all great fun. The Ame's
butler especially cracked me up. I watched it on NetFlix instant.
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