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© 2024 Google LLC. In 1905, and after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, Reverend Fortescue (Michael Palin) is recalled to England where his bishop (Denholm Elliott) gives ...
Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin), a missionary, is called back to England after spending 10 years in an African village teaching to the natives. He learns his new assignment is to...
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Nov 14, 2020 · The Missionary, Michael Palin's 1982 comedy is Palin at his best. In this edition of #FILMTALK we take a look at the wonderful 1982 comedy, The Missionary, written by and starring Michael Palin...
More. Josh Gillam ★★★. MILD SPOILERS. Called back from his mission in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin) is assigned to rescue “fallen women” in the poorest parts of London, but his unorthodox methods quickly cause controversy, in this comedy written by Palin and co-starring Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Phoebe ...
The Missionary. 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. 85 IMDb 6.2 1 h 22 min 1982. R. Comedy. This video is currently unavailable.
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Fun dry comedy by Python writer Michael Palin, who also stars as a missionary sent to the slums of England to minister to prostitutes. He's stuck in a silly traditional courtship with the fetching but anal retentive Deborah (Phoebe Nicholls) and a bizarre romance of a totally different nature with the wealthy Lady Isabel Ames (Maggie Smith).
