The Missionary
02/11/1982
2h
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.
Cast
Michael Palin
The Reverend Charles Fortescue
Maggie Smith
Lady Isabel Ames
Trevor Howard
Lord Henry Ames
Denholm Elliott
The Bishop of London
Graham Crowden
Fitzbanks
Phoebe Nicholls
Deborah Fitzbanks
Michael Hordern
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
David Suchet
Corbett
Timothy Spall
Parswell
Tricia George
Ada
Valerie Whittington
Emmeline
Roland Culver
Lord Fermleigh
Rosamund Greenwood
Lady Fermleigh
Janine Duvitski
Millicent
Tilly Vosburgh
Fermleigh's Maid
Hugh Walters
Fermleigh's Doctor
Derrick O'Connor
Gym Trainer
Neil Innes
Singer at Gin Palace
David Leland
Long Haired Man at Gin Palace
Sophie Thompson
Mission Girl
Frances Barber
Mission Girl
Tony Steedman
Lord Quimby
Damaris Hayman
Lady Quimby
Anton Lesser
Young Man at Shoot
David Dixon
Young Man at Shoot
Frank Mills
Sir Cyril Everidge
Charles McKeown
Friend of Raggy Masterson
Julian Curry
Friend of Raggy Masterson
Hugh Fraser
Wedding Usher
Peter Bourke
Best Man
Arthur Howard
Fermleigh's Butler
Anne-Marie Marriott
Fitzbanks' Maid
Dawn Archibald
Mission Girl
Ceri Jackson
Mission Girl
Janine Lesley
Mission Girl
Sasha Mitchell
Mission Girl
Francine Morgan
Mission Girl
Sally Watkins
Mission Girl
John Barrett
Old Man Outside Hotel
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